Is thyroid status associated with cognitive impairment in elderly patients in China?

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hu, Yao ^a   Wang, Zhi cheng ^a   Guo, Qi hao ^a   Cheng, Wei ^a   Chen, Yan wen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Memory and executive screening; Mild cognitive impairment; Mini mental state examination; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84958528800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12902-016-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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