Estimation of tissue hypothyroidism by a new clinical score: Evaluation of patients with various grades of hypothyroidism and controls

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 771-776

  Zulewski, Henryk ^a   Müller, Beat ^a   Exer, Pascale ^a   Miserez, André R ^a   Staub, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; SWEATING; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0031057078     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.3.771     Document Type: Article

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