First-line thyroid function tests - TSH alone is not enough

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-21

  Beckett, G J ^a   Toft, A D ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0037235050     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01690.x     Document Type: Note

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