Thyroid disease in the elderly: When to suspect, when to treat

Consultant

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1597-1606

  Felicetta, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036858305     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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