Low TSH in a patient with primary hypothyroidism

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 417-418

  Morganstein, D ^a,c   Mendoza, N ^a   Strickland, N ^b   Meeran, K ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PATHOGENESIS; PROLACTINOMA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 25144493100     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.9.417     Document Type: Article

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