| dc.contributor.author | Bahemuka, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hodkinson, HM. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-10T11:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-10T11:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1975 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Br Med J. 1975 June 14; 2(5971): 601–603. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1673495/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30731 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1131632 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Routine biochemical screening for hypothyroidism in 2000 geriatric inpatients proved valuable and practicable and yielded 46 cases (2.3%). A non-specific clinical picture was particularly common, with less than a third of the cases showing "typical" signs and symptoms. Psychiatric manifestations, especially depression, were important and frequent and responded well to thyroxine. There was a preponderance of female cases of hypothyroidism and a strong association with other autoimmune diseases, notably pernicious anaemia and rheumatoid arthritis. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Screening For Hypothyroidism In Elderly Inpatients | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |
