Low yield of thyroid-stimulating hormone testing in elderly patients with depression

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 302-309

  Fraser, Shelagh A ^a   Kroenke, Kurt ^a   Callahan, Christopher M ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a   Williams Jr , John W ^b   Unützer, Jürgen ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypothyroidism; Primary healthcare; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; THYROID FUNCTION;

AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 3242662782     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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