Thyroid Disease
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ACUPUNCTURE AND THYROID DISEASE About thyroid disease
Overt hypothyroidism is diagnosed by a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration above the normal reference range and a serum free thyroxine (FT4) concentration below the reference range (BTA 2006). Clinical features may be absent or present. Subclinical hypothyroidism is diagnosed by a TSH concentration above the reference range with an FT4 concentration within the reference range ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0035-8843,1478-7083
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2006.88.5.507b