@article{2c08c1730424467d92710a8ee981778f,
title = "Excess mortality in hyperthyroidism: the influence of preexisting comorbidity and genetic confounding: a danish nationwide register-based cohort study of twins and singletons",
abstract = "Hyperthyroidism is associated with severe comorbidity, such as stroke, and seems to confer increased mortality. However, it is unknown whether this increased mortality is explained by hyperthyroidism per se, comorbidity, and/or genetic confounding.",
keywords = "Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Denmark, Diseases in Twins, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Hyperthyroidism, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Registries, Twins",
author = "{Hjelm Brandt Kristensen}, Frans and Pedersen, {Dorthe Almind} and Kaare Christensen and Anders Green and Brix, {Thomas Heiberg} and Laszlo Heged{\"u}s",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1210/jc.2012-2268",
language = "English",
volume = "97",
pages = "4123--9",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism",
issn = "0021-972X",
publisher = "Heinemann",
number = "11",
}