TSH reference range in older adults: a Brazilian study
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TSH reference range in older adults: a Brazilian study.
OBJECTIVE To establish serum TSH reference values for a population of Brazilian elderly, and to compare them to those found in the adult population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Healthy volunteers aged 70 to 85 years, without known thyroid disease or risk factors for thyroid dysfunction, who did not use any medication that could potentially interfere with TSH, were selected. Subjects with goiter, pal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-2730
DOI: 10.1590/0004-2730000003065