Study of Optimal Replacement of Thyroxine in the Elderly (SORTED) – results from the feasibility randomised controlled trial

Thyroid Research - Tập 9 Số 1 - 2016
Salman Razvi1, Lorna Ingoe2, Vicky Ryan3, Simon H. S. Pearce1, Scott Wilkes4
1Institute of Genetic Medicine and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, International Centre for Life, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK
2Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, NE9 6SX, UK
3Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Baddiley Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX, UK
4Department of Pharmacy, Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK

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