Combined Levotriiodothyronine and Levothyroxine Therapy for Hypothyroidism: Are We a Step Closer to the Magic Formula?

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-248

  Wartofsky, Leonard ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG FORMULATION; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 2342456501     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072504323030898     Document Type: Editorial

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