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THYROID FUNCTION TESTS IN THE ELDERLY IN THE COMMUNITY
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital Harrow, Moddlesex HA1 3UJ
A study of the well elderly living at home has demonstrated that the ranges for serum thyroxine (T4) triiodothyronine (T3) uptake and free-thyroxine inda (FTI) are much narrower than those for the sick elderly in-patient. The prevalance of thyroid disease appeare similar in both types of elderly population.