Clinical response to thyroxine sodium in clinically hypothyroid but biochemically euthyroid patients

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-124

  Skinner, G R B ^a   Holmes, D ^a   Ahmad, A ^a   Davies, A ^a   Benitez, J ^a  

^a Vaccine Research Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Thyroid biochemistry; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034043407     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840050043530     Document Type: Article

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