Thyroid function abnormalities and cognitive impairment in elderly people: Results of the invecchiare in chianti study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Ceresini, Graziano ^a,b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^b   Maggio, Marcello ^d   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^b   Morganti, Simonetta ^b   Usberti, Elisa ^b   Chezzi, Carlo ^c   Valcavi, Rita ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^e   Guralnik, Jack M ^f   Cappola, Anne R ^g   Valenti, Giorgio ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^f  

^a Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Italy)

^b Department of Geriatrics

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d ARS Toscana   (Italy)

^e Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149214230     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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