"Grading" subclinical thyroid disease may be misleading

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-

  Goichot, Bernard ^a   Vinzio, Stéphane ^a   Luca, Florina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; BLOOD; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

AGING; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 78650413592     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03876.x     Document Type: Letter

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