Subclinical thyroid disease: To treat or not to treat?

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Pinchera, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERFERON; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LITHIUM; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLINICAL THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 13644259100     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1     Document Type: Editorial

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