Spaulding S W
Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York.
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1987 Dec;16(4):1013-25.
Thyroid diseases are common in elderly patients, but their clinical manifestations are more subtle and often are hidden by a background of intercurrent disease. Therapy for thyroid disease in the elderly can also be more problematic because of increased risks of complications.
甲状腺疾病在老年患者中很常见,但其临床表现更为隐匿,且常被并存疾病所掩盖。由于并发症风险增加,老年甲状腺疾病的治疗也可能更具问题。