A comparison of rh-TSH and thyroid hormone withdrawal in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: Preliminary evidence for an influence of age on the subjective well-being in hypothyroidism

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-59

  Heinzel, A ^a   Kley, K ^a   Mueller, H W ^a   Hautzel, H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

General Health Questionnaire; patient well being; thyroid cancer follow up

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUTHYROIDISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDECTOMY; WELLBEING;

AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855279369     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295415     Document Type: Article

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