Serum thyrotropin measurements in the community: Five-year follow-up in a large network of primary care physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1533-1538

  Meyerovitch, Joseph ^a,e   Rotman Pikielny, Pnina ^a,b   Sherf, Michael ^a,c   Battat, Erez ^a   Levy, Yair ^a,b   Surks, Martin I ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 34547179429     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.14.1533     Document Type: Article

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