Borderline thyroid function tests: So easy to look at, so hard to define

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-79

  Khatami, Zahra ^a   Handley, Graham ^a   Brandon, Helene ^a   Weaver, Jolanta ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 30844452232     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306775141669     Document Type: Article

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