Hypothyroid symptoms and the likelihood of overt thyroid failure: A population-based case - Control study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 593-602

  Carlé, Allan ^a,b   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^c   Perrild, Hans ^c   Ovesen, Lars ^d   Laurberg, Peter ^a,e  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALIBRATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DIAGNOSTIC ODDS RATIO; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY SKIN; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLOBULUS SENSATION; HAIR LOSS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OVERT AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RESTLESSNESS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VERTIGO; WHEEZING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910135657     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-14-0481     Document Type: Article

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