Thyroid function tests

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7268, 2000, Pages 1080-

  Kendall Taylor, P ^a   Price, Alun ^b   Weetman, A P ^b   Toft, A D ^c   Beckett, G J ^c   Bulusu, Sudha ^d   Eales, Martin ^e   O'reilly, Denis ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Broadway House   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007666002     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1080     Document Type: Letter

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