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and backs them up with research

  1. Consent: Customary Practice Versus Prudent Patient from the Perspective of Mimics of Hypothyroidism.
  2. Saravanan P, Chau F, Roberts N, Vedhara K, Greenwood R, Dayan CM, 2002, Psychological Well-Being in Patients on “Adequate” Doses of L-Thyroxine Results of a Large, Controlled Community-Based Questionnaire Study, Clinical Endocrinology, 57: 577-585.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01654.x
  3. http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/popper_falsification.html
  4. http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/pritchard1.pdf
  5. Concise Guidance to Good Practice, Clinical Effectiveness & Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians, 2003 and http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinical-standards/organisation/Guidelines/Documents/Notes-on-Rationale-Methodology-and-Development-v8-2-August-2009.pdf
  6. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cjne/2001/00000011/00000003/art00002
  7. http://www.british-thyroid-association.org/news/Docs/hypothyroidism_statement.pdf
  8. Does synthetic thyroid extract work for everybody? G Das, S Anand & P De . Endocrine Abstracts (2007)13 P31 and  "Improvement in quality of life in hypothyroid patients taking Armour Thyroid. Lewis D, Kumar J, Goulden P, Barnes D. Endocrine Abstracts (2008) 15 P359.
  9. Goldberg, M, The Case for Euthyroid Hypometabolism, Am J of Med Sc, Oct 1960.
  10. http://www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/Consent_2008.pdf
  11. http://www.library.nhs.uk/healthmanagement/ViewResource.aspx?resID=267515
  12. Sapin R. [Interferences in immunoassays: Mechanisms and outcomes in endocrinology] Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2008 Nov; 69(5):415-25. Epub 2008 Jun 5.

 

 
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