title: [Senile dementia--a diagnostic error from the clinic. Thinking of hypothyroidism in the elderly].
authors.affiliation: DRK-Krankenhaus Westerwald, Hachenburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stiefelhagen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013965:Thyroidectomy