Diagnosis of thyroid disease in hospitalized patients: A systematic review

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 658-665

  Attia, John ^a   Margetts, Peter ^a   Guyatt, Gordon ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOITER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0033548842     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.7.658     Document Type: Review

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