Elderly Thyroid Endocrine Disorders Conditions and Diseases
The first prospective study to suggest that subclinical hyperthyroidism in the elderly increases the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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- Thyroid Disease in Late Life - The symptoms of a thyroid disorder in an thyroid elderly person are often different from those in thyroid a younger person.
- The Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism - Spontaneous Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Patients Older than 55 elderly Years: An thyroid Analysis of Natural Course and Risk elderly Factors for the Development thyroid of Overt Thyroid Failure.
- JAMA - Abstract: Thyroid Status, Disability and Cognitive Function, and Survival in Old Age - Despite the outcomes of randomized controlled trials, general clinical opinion endocrine disorders favors screening and treatment of elderly individuals with subclinical thyroid endocrine disorders disorders.
- Entrez PubMed - Subclinical hyperthyroidism and the risk of dementia - The first prospective study to suggest that subclinical hyperthyroidism in the elderly increases the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
- Thyroid Disorders in the Older Patient - Brochure for the elderly that describes the treatment and what to expect.[PDF]
- Entrez PubMed - Current controversies in endocrinology: screening of asymptomatic elderly thyroid for subclinical endocrine disorders hypothyroidism.
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