Thyroid disease awareness is associated with high rates of identifying subjects with previously undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction

BACKGROUND: Conventional screening for hypothyroidism is controversial. Although hypothyroidism is underdiagnosed, many organizations do not recommend screening, citing low disease prevalence in unselected populations. We studied attendees at a thyroid health fair, hypothesizing that certain patient...

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Main Authors: Canaris, Gay J, Tape, Thomas G, Wigton, Robert S
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-351

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-351

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