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Hypothyroidism and aging: the Rosses' survey.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2000
Bonar B D, McColgan B, Smith D F, Darke C, Guttridge M G, Williams H, Smyth P P
Abstract excerpt
An earlier impression of a high prevalence of hypothyroidism in a general practice (4,190 patients including 1,544 adult females aged 18 years or more with 544 aged 50 years or more) in the Rosses, a coastal area in the northwest of Ireland was confirmed by this study. The accumulated prevalence of overt spontaneous primary hypothyroidism was 8.6% in 544 females aged 50 years or more but only 0.9% in the 1,000...
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