Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , September 2010

Relationship between age and serum thyrotropin among asymptomatic older people in Taiwan

  • Chia-Chang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
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  • Yu-Chun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155 Li-Nong Street, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Liang-Kung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155 Li-Nong Street, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2875 7460; fax: +886 2 2873 7901.
    • ,
  • Shinn-Jang Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155 Li-Nong Street, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hong-Da Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155 Li-Nong Street, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 29 August 2009 ,Accepted 31 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.09.004

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , September 2010

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