Psychological well-being correlates with free thyroxine but not free 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine levels in patients on thyroid hormone replacement

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3389-3393

  Saravanan, Ponnusamy ^a   Visser, Theo J ^b   Dayan, Colin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 33748754873     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0414     Document Type: Article

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