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L’ipotiroidismo in medicina generale: pratica clinica apparentemente semplice?

Correspondence analysis biplot

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Diagnosi N Ab Richiesti

coordinates in symmetric normalization

Figura 1 - Analisi delle corrispondenze fra categoria diagnostica e atteggiamento prescrittivo del MMG in merito agli auto-anticorpi.
TA: tiroidite cronica auto-immune, TO: ipotiroidismo di altra origine, TI: ipotiroidismo post-chirurgico/iatrogeno.
n Ab richiesti: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Inerzia = 100%, p<0.0001

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