Appropriateness of prescribing thyroxine in primary care

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 497-501

  Cooper, Rachel ^a   Pinkney, Jonathan ^b   Ayling, Ruth M ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; prescription; thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84931066317     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214568686     Document Type: Article

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