Should we treat all subjects with subclinical thyroid disease the same way?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-345

  Biondi, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 53249090617     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0527     Document Type: Note

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