Medico-legal implications of hidden thyroid dysfunction: A study of two cases

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-257

  De Letter, Els A ^a   Piette, Michel H A ^a   Lambert, Willy E ^a   De Leenheer, André P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0034220255     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000311     Document Type: Article

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