Do traditional symptoms of hypothyroidism correlate with biochemical disease?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 544-550

  Canaris, Gay J ^a,c   Steiner, John F ^b   Ridgway, E Chester ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hypothyroidism; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030868713     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07109.x     Document Type: Article

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