Is annual surveillance of all treated hypothyroid patients necessary?

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Viswanath, Ananth K ^a   Avenell, Alison ^b   Philip, Sam ^a   Acharya, Shamsunder H ^a   MacLennan, Graeme ^b   Dalziel, Katherine ^c   Pereira, Olivia ^a   Copland, Shirley A ^a   Bevan, John S ^a   Abraham, Prakash ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 34547423457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-7-4     Document Type: Article

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