Circulating thyroid autoantibodies in a sample of Italian octo- nonagenarians: Relationship to age, sex, disability, and lipid profile

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 362-366

  Mariotti, S ^a   Barbesino, G ^b   Chiovato, L ^b   Marino M ^b   Pinchera, A ^b   Zuliani, G ^c   Mezzetti, A ^c   Fellin, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Disability; Thyroid autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER;

EID: 0033502432     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339813     Document Type: Article

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