THE ROLE OF AGE IN THE CLINICAL PRESENTAT ION OF HYPERTHYROIDISM - PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF 103 PATIENTS

Authors
DOUCET J TRIVALLE C CHASSAGNE P HEMET C VUILLERMET P LEFEVRE H MANCHON N LEVESQUE H KUHN JM WOLF LM COURTOIS H BOURREILLE J BERCOFF E
Citation
J. Doucet et al., THE ROLE OF AGE IN THE CLINICAL PRESENTAT ION OF HYPERTHYROIDISM - PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF 103 PATIENTS, La Revue de medecine interne, 14(6), 1993, pp. 450-450
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
450 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1993)14:6<450:TROAIT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Clinical and biological signs of thyrotoxicosis were analysed and comp ared between two groups of patients different by the age. In older pat ients, thyrotoxicosis presentation was less symptomatic. Classical sig ns or symptoms described in this disease were also less frequently rec orded in the elderly.