Thyroid function in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with cholinesterase inhibitors

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Kapaki, Elisabeth ^a   Ilias, Ioannis ^b   Paraskevas, George P ^a   Theotoka, Ioulia ^a   Christakopoulou, Ioulia ^c  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholinesterase inhibitors; Thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0344233124     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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