Uncertainties page: Should we treat subclinical hypothyroidism?

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7664, 2008, Pages 290-291

  Pham, Cung B ^a   Shaughnessy, Allen F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN;

BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MASS SCREENING; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 49149084966     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a834     Document Type: Short Survey

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