Serum thyroid stimulating hormone in assessment of severity of tissue hypothyroidism in patients with overt primary thyroid failure: Cross sectional survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7384, 2003, Pages 311-312

  Meier, Christian ^a   Trittibach, Peter ^a   Guglielmetti, Merih ^a   Staub, Jean Jacques ^a   Müller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037425813     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7384.311     Document Type: Article

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