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Testing for Thyroid Disease and Disorders—Citations and Further Reading

Gavin, L. 1988. The diagnostic dilemmas of hyperthyroxinemia and hypothyroxinemia. Adv. Intern. Med., 33, 185-203. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3278505 (accessed 04.25.2010).

Schectman, J., et al. 1989. Yield of hypothyroidism in symptomatic primary care patients. Arch. Intern. Med., 149, 861-864. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2705836 (accessed 04.25.2010).

Canaris, G., et al. 2000. The Colorado thyroid disease prevalence study. Arch. Intern. Med., 160 (4), 526–534. URL: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/160/4/526 (accessed 04.25.2010).

Ross, D., et al. Central hypothyroidism. Up to Date for Patients. URL: http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~kKKkeMsZlEoLf.&selectedTitle=1%7E42&source=search_result (accessed 05.06.2010).

Pizzorno, L., & Ferril, W. 2005. Chapter 32. Clinical approaches to hormonal and neuroendocrine imbalances. Thyroid. In Textbook of Functional Medicine, ed. D. Jones & S. Quinn, 599. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine.

Atmaca, H., et al. 2007. Do we still need the TRH stimulation test? Thyroid, 17 (6), 529-533. URL: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/thy.2006.0311 (accessed 04.12.2010).




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Date of Publication: 09/05/2005
Article Last Updated: 11/17/2011