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Citations

  1. Ladenson PW (2010). Thyroid. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 3, chap. 1. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.

  2. Ladenson PW, et al. (2000). American Thyroid Association guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160: 1573-1575.

  3. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2004). Screening for thyroid disease: Recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine, 140: 125-141.

  4. Surks MI, et al. (2004). Subclinical thyroid disease: Scientific review and guidelines for diagnosis and management. JAMA, 291(2): 228-238.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Thyroid Association Guidelines Taskforce (2009). Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid, 19(11): 1167-1214. Also available online: http://thyroidguidelines.net/revised/taskforce.

  • Carling T, Udelsman R (2008). Thyroid tumors. In VT Devita Jr et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1663-1682. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Gharib H, et al. (2010). American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Associazione Medici Endocrinologi, and European Thyroid Association medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules. Endocrine Practice, 16(Suppl 1): 3-43.

  • Jameson JL, Weetman AP (2008). Hypothyroidism section of Disorders of the thyroid gland. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2224-2237. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • Ladenson PW (2010). Thyroid. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 3, chap. 1. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.

  • Nygaard B (2010). Hyperthyroidism (primary), search date February 2010. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence. Also available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

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Last Updated: March 28, 2011
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