Paradigm shifts in thyroid hormone replacement therapies for hypothyroidism

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 164-174

  Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84905723129     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.258     Document Type: Review

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