Screening and treatment of thyroid dysfunction: An evidence review for the U.S. preventive services task force

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-45

  Rugge, J Bruin ^a   Bougatsos, Christina ^a   Chou, Roger ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925019908     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1456     Document Type: Review

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