Excess mortality in patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism: A nationwide cohort study of singletons and twins

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1069-1075

  Thvilum, Marianne ^a   Brandt, Frans ^a   Almind, Dorthe ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a   Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84874920936     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3375     Document Type: Article

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