Evaluation of patients with mildly abnormal thyroid function tests

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 961-966

  Pittman, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ALGORITHM; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ALGORITHMS; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0029846937     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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