Thyroid evaluation of hospitalized psychiatric patients: The role of TSH screening for thyroid dysfunction

Thyroid

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 451-456

  Woolf, Paul D ^a,b   Nichols, Diane ^a   Porsteinsson, Anton ^a   Boulay, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0029911335     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1996.6.451     Document Type: Article

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