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Thyroid Function Characteristics and Determinants: The Rotterdam Study.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2016
Chaker Layal, Korevaar Tim I M, Medici Marco, Uitterlinden André G, Hofman Albert, Dehghan Abbas, Franco Oscar H, Peeters Robin P
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BACKGROUND: Information on determinants and change of thyroid function over time is sparse and conflicting but crucial for clinical interpretation and research. Therefore, our aim was to systematically investigate determinants of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4) (as markers of thyroid function), their mutual relation (as marker of thyroid function set point) and changes in thyroid function...
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