Doctor... could it be my thyroid?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 568-569

  Weiss, Roy E ^a   Brown, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OBESITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41549162007     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.6.568     Document Type: Editorial

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