Thyroid diseases in the elderly

Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-270

  Chiovato, L ^a   Mariotti, S ^a   Pinchera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Differentiated thyroid carcinoma; Elderly patients; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; L thyroxine; Non thyroidal illness; Subclinical hyperthyroidism; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Toxic nodular goitre

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; AGING; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NODULAR GOITER; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030678054     PISSN: 0950351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-351X(97)80272-8     Document Type: Article

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