Serum uric acid concentration and thyroid-stimulating-hormone (TSH): Results of screening for hyperuricaemia in 2359 consecutive patients with various degrees of thyroid dysfunction

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 326-328

  Raber, Wolfgang ^a   Vukovich, Thomas ^b   Vierhapper, Heinrich ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Hyperuriemia; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; URIC ACID;

EID: 0033597324     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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