Thyroid hormones, dementia, and atrophy of the medial temporal lobe

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2569-2573

  De Jong, Frank Jan ^a   Den Heijer, Tom ^a   Visser, Theo J ^a   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^a   Drexhage, Hemmo A ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE, REVERSE;

EID: 33745771349     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0449     Document Type: Article

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