Age and stress as determinants of the severity of hyperthyroidism caused by Grave's disease in newly diagnosed patients

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Vos, Xander G ^a   Smit, Natalie ^a   Endert, Erik ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN BINDING INHIBITORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449264725     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0573     Document Type: Article

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