Thyroid Failure in the Elderly: Microsomal Antibodies as Discriminant for Therapy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 209-213

  Rosenthal, Mark J ^a   Hunt, William C ^b   Garry, Philip J ^b   Goodwin, James S ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; THYROID FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROSOMES; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0023255773     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03400020051029     Document Type: Article

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