Measurement of serum TSH in the investigation of patients presenting with thyroid enlargement

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 687-689

  Lim, A K P ^a   Daykin, J ^a   Holder, R ^b   Sheppard, M C ^a   Franklyn, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031755410     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.10.687     Document Type: Article

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