Effect of seasonal changes on the transition between subclinical hypothyroid and euthyroid status

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3420-3429

  Kim, Tae Hyuk ^a   Kim, Kyung Won ^b   Ahn, Hwa Young ^d   Choi, Hoon Sung ^a   Won, Hojeong ^c   Choi, Yunhee ^c   Cho, Sun Wook ^a   Moon, Jae Hoon ^e   Yi, Ka Hee ^a   Park, Do Joon ^a   Park, Kyong Soo ^a   Jang, Hak C ^e   Kim, Seong Yeon ^a   Park, Young Joo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING HABIT; SPRING; SUMMER; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84881540947     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1607     Document Type: Article

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