Diabetes Mellitus and Primary Hypothyroidism
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 134 (3) , 430-432
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1974.00320210040005
Abstract
From 1957 to 1972, 114 cases of primary hypothyroidism were found in 60,073 patients seen at the Joslin Clinic, Boston (incidence, 0.19%). In 94 patients, the diabetes mellitus preceded the hypothyroidism. In 38% of the diabetic patients who eventually became hypothyroid, the diabetes mellitus was noted before the age of 30 years. The elapsed time between the diagnosis of theKeywords
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