Thyroid dysfunction in the elderly

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1119-1123

  Muller, G M M ^a   Levin, N S ^a   Louw, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030663954     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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