Subclinical thyroid disease

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9821, 2012, Pages 1142-1154

  Cooper, David S ^a   Biondi, Bernadette ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; SINUS NODE; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84859104026     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60276-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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