Thyroid disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis is not adequately screened with a sensitive chemiluminescence thyrotrophin assay

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-28

  Ilias, I ^a,b,c   Mastorakos, G ^b   Mavrikakis, M ^a   Papazoglou, S ^a   Karamitsos, D ^a   Ntantis, P ^a   Mantzos, E ^b   Mantzos, I ^b   Koutras, D A ^a,b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Screening; Sensitive TSH assay; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032604488     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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