Excess mortality in hyperthyroidism: The influence of preexisting comorbidity and genetic confounding: A Danish nationwide register-based cohort study of twins and singletons

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4123-4129

  Brandt, Frans ^a   Almind, Dorthe ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Green, Anders ^b   Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84868620920     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2268     Document Type: Article

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