Thyroid function, morphology and prevalence of thyroid disease in a population-based study of Danish centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1238-1243

  Andersen Ranberg, Karen ^a,b   Jeune, Bernard ^a   Høier Madsen, Mimi ^c   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Centenarians; Population study; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0032826416     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05205.x     Document Type: Article

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