Thyroid hormones as predictors of short-and long-term mortality in very old hospitalized patients

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1122-1128

  De Alfieri, Walter ^a   Nisticò, Francesca ^b   Borgogni, Tiziano ^a   Riello, Fabio ^a   Cellai, Fausto ^a   Mori, Cinzia ^c   Nante, Nicola ^b   Di Bari, Mauro ^d,e  

^a Unit of Geriatrics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL 9   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mortality; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

ELDERLY; MORTALITY; THYROID HORMONES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84882327191     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt012     Document Type: Article

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