Follow up of thyroid hormone parameters in chronically ill geriatric patients: Screening for thyroid disorders at hospital admission justified

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 290-293

  Radacsi A ^a   Bernard, W ^b   Feldkamp, J ^c   Horster, F A ^c   Szabolcs, I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Geriatric Hospital Elbroich   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up; FT4; Geriatric patients; Old age; TSH

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

EID: 0033926124     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7999     Document Type: Article

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