Correlating thyroid and parathyroid function with age.
A double dilemma faces the clinician who suspects thyroid disease in the elderly--both lab tests and treatment protocol were developed using younger patients. Reviewing the literature and their own recent data, the authors suggest how to evaluate thyroid-related lab data, taking age into account.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D012737:Sex Factors; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium