Utility of thyroid function screening in adolescent psychiatric inpatients

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Leo, Raphael J ^a   Batterman Faunce, Jennifer M ^a   Pickhardt, Deborah ^a   Cartagena, Maria ^a   Cohen, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; psychiatric disorders; thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0031011980     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199701000-00023     Document Type: Article

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