High frequency of and factors associated with thyroid hormone over-replacement and under-replacement in men and women aged 65 and over

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1342-1345

  Somwaru, Lily L ^a   Arnold, Alice M ^b   Joshi, Neha ^a   Fried, Linda P ^c   Cappola, Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 65249182698     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1696     Document Type: Article

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