Age-related changes In thyroid function: A longitudinal study of a community-based cohort

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1554-1562

  Bremner, Alexandra P ^a   Feddema, Peter ^e   Leedman, Peter J ^b,f,g   Brown, Suzanne J ⁱ   Beilby, John P ^a,b,d   Lim, Ee Mun ^a,d,i   Wilson, Scott G ^b,i   O'Leary, Peter C ^a,c,d,h   Walsh, John P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^e Diagnostica Stago   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAPZB GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84860760516     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-3020     Document Type: Article

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