Managing thyroid cancer without thyroxine withdrawal

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Do Rosário, Pedro Weslley S ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Flavio P J ^a   Cardoso, Ludmilla D ^a   Lauria, Márcio W ^a   Rezende, Leonardo L ^a   Padrão, Eduardo L ^a   Barroso, Álvaro L ^a   Guimarães, Valéria C ^a   Purisch, Saulo ^a  

^a Endocrinology Service   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

T4 dose reduction; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646719457     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302006000100013     Document Type: Article

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