Influence of age on optimal daily levothyroxine dosage in patients with primary hypothyroidism grouped according to etiology

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 920-924

  Kabadi, Udaya M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030809787     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199709000-00012     Document Type: Article

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