Type and Extent of Somatic Morbidity before and after the Diagnosis of Hypothyroidism. A Nationwide Register Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Thvilum, Marianne ^a   Brandt, Frans ^a   Almind, Dorthe ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS;

EID: 84884174438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075789     Document Type: Article

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