Screening for thyroid dysfunction in a community population of diabetic patients

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-150

  Smithson, M J ^a  

^a Berwick Upon Tweed ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic mellitus; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid disease' community

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031907503     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199802)15:2<148::AID-DIA540>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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