Underestimation of effect of thyroid function parameters on morbidity and mortality due to intra-individual variation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Van De Ven, Annenienke C ^a   Netea Maier, Romana T ^a   Medici, Marco ^b   Sweep, Fred C G J ^a   Ross, H Alec ^a   Hofman, Albert ^b   De Graaf, Jacqueline ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^a   Hermus, Ad R ^a   Peeters, Robin P ^b   Visser, Theo J ^b   Den Heijer, Martin ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 83155168435     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-0680     Document Type: Article

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