Serum thyrotropin concentration is an early marker of normalization of low triiodothyronine syndrome in aged hospitalized patients after discharge

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Iglesias, P ^a,b   Munoz A ^a   Prado, F ^a   Guerrero, M T ^a   Macias M C ^a   Ridruejo, E ^a   Tajada, P ^a   Garcia Arevalo C ^a   Diez J J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Euthyroid sick syndrome; Low T3 syndrome; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 78651278196     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6870     Document Type: Article

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