Diagnosis and treatment of primary hypothyroidism

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7703, 2009, Pages 1090-

  Allahabadia, Amit ^a,b   Razvi, Salman ^a,b   Abraham, Prakash ^a,b   Franklyn, Jayne ^a,b  

^a British Thyroid Association   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID EXTRACT; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 67650046726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b725     Document Type: Editorial

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