Graves’ Disease: Influence of Age on Clinical Findings

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 626-631

  Nordyke, Robert A ^a,b   Gilbert, Fred I ^a,b   Harada, Ann S M ^a  

^a STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GRAVES' DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACIAL STOCKS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023857370     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1988.00380030132023     Document Type: Article

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