The ABCs of managing hyperthyroidism in the older patient

Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 22-32

  Kennedy, John W ^a   Caro, Jose F ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGE; AGED; BLOOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 2342470851     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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