Screening for hypothyroidism in older hospitalized patients with anemia: A new insight into an old disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1825-1827

  Vitale, Giovanni ^a,b   Fatti, Letizia M ^b   Prolo, Silvia ^a   Girola, Andrea ^b   Caraglia, Michele ^c   Marra, Monica ^c   Abbruzzese, Alberto ^c   Gerli, Giancarla ^a   Mari, Daniela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

AGING; ANEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; AGE; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956332292     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03040.x     Document Type: Letter

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