Thyrotoxicosis in old age: A different clinical entity?

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Bhattacharyya, Arpandev ^a   Wiles, Philip G ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; REVIEW; THYROTOXICOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033071411     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.2.1808     Document Type: Article

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