The clinical use of thyroid function tests;Utilização dos testes de função tireoidiana na prática clínica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-204

  de Carvalho, Gisah Amaral ^a   Silva Perez, Camila Luhm ^a   Sterian Ward, Laura ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid function tests; Thyrotropin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84878073818     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302013000300005     Document Type: Article

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