Is previous hyperthyroidism associated with long-term cognitive dysfunction? A twin study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-295

  Lillevang Johansen, Mads ^a   Petersen, Inge ^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; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; ICD-10; ICD-8; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84891888924     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12255     Document Type: Article

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