Thyroid function in healthy centenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Maugeri, Domenico ^a   Russo, Mario Salvatore ^a   Di Stefano, Fabio ^a   Receputo, Giuseppe ^a   Rosso, Daniele ^a   Rapisarda, Rosaria ^a   Mazzarella, Rosa ^a   Savia, Sebastiano ^a   Motta, Massimo ^a   Panebianco, Piera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0342601922     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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