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Euthyroid sick syndrome in older people

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2001

Nadya Kagansky ,
Sari Tal  and
Shmuel Levy
Nadya Kagansky
Affiliation:
Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center, Gedera, Israel
Sari Tal
Affiliation:
Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center, Gedera, Israel
Shmuel Levy
Affiliation:
Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center, Gedera, Israel
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The term euthyroid sick syndrome (ESS) is used to describe abnormalities in thyroid function tests that are observed in patients with systemic non-thyroid illness. Despite these abnormalities, there is usually little clinical evidence of hypothyroidism. Patients with ESS are generally considered to have altered thyroid hormone metabolism and to be euthyroid.

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Occasional papers
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 1 - 4
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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