Treatment of Graves' disease: The American way

Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 585-595

  Levy, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American way of treatment; Cost of treatment; Graves' disease; Radioactive iodine; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031409373     PISSN: 0950351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-351X(97)80798-7     Document Type: Article

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