Changes of subtests of Wechsler Memory Scale and cognitive function in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism following treatment with levothyroxine

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1096-1101

  Aghili, Rokhsareh ^a   Khamseh, Mohammad E ^a   Malek, Mojtaba ^a   Hadian, Ali ^a   Baradaran, Hamid R ^a   Najafi, Laily ^a   Emami, Zahra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Levothyroxine; Memory quotient; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Wechsler memory test

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PLACEBO; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY QUOTIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SUBCLINICAL HYPO; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

EID: 84873200540     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.32423     Document Type: Article

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