Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypothyroidism;Diretrizes clínicas práticas para o manejo do hipotiroidismo

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-298

  Brenta, Gabriela ^a   Vaisman, Mario ^b   Sgarbi, José Augusto ^c   Bergoglio, Liliana Maria ^d   de Andrada, Nathalia Carvalho ^e   Bravo, Pedro Pineda ^f   Orlandi, Ana Maria ^g   Graf, Hans ^h  

^a Unidad Asistencial Dr César Milstein   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE MARÍLIA   (Brazil)

^d National University of Córdoba Clinical Hospital   (Brazil)

^e Brazilian Medical Association   (Brazil)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g Teodoro Alvarez Hospital   (Argentina)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Hypothyroidism; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; STANDARD; THYROID GLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84880020502     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302013000400003     Document Type: Article

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