Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-70

  Maugeri, Domenico ^a   Carnazzo, Giuseppe ^a   Russo, Mario Salvatore ^a   Di Stefano, Fabio ^a   Catanzaro, Salvatore ^a   Campagna, Sabrina ^a   Romano, Giuseppe ^a   Franze, Carmela ^a   Motta, Massimo ^a   Panebianco, Piera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly subject; Hypothyroidism; T3; T4; TSH

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030200728     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-X     Document Type: Article

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