TSH reference values for adult Brazilian population;Valores de referência do TSH para a população Brasileira adulta

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 603-606

  Rosario, Pedro Weslley ^a,b   Xavier, Arthur Cezar Malard ^a   Calsolari, Maria Regina ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b Endocrinology Service   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult population; Reference values; TSH

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649486005     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302010000700003     Document Type: Article

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