Thyroid function screening in acute geropsychiatric admissions

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Madhusoodanan, Subramoniam ^a   Brenner, Ronald ^a   Bavli, Samuel ^a   Suresh, Padma ^b   Pillai, Reunka ^a  

^a ST JOHN S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geropsychiatric; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033927515     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009020113428     Document Type: Article

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