Thyroid and aging or the aging thyroid? An evidence-based analysis of the literature

Journal of Thyroid Research

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aggarwal, Naveen ^a   Razvi, Salman ^a,b  

^a GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84884882350     PISSN: 20908067     EISSN: 20420072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/481287     Document Type: Review

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