Independent effects of liver disease and chronic alcoholism on thyroid function and size: The possibility of a toxic effect of alcohol on the thyroid gland

Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 229-233

  Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a,b,c   Rasmussen, Nini ^a,b,c   Ravn, Vibeke ^a,b,c   Kastrup, Jens ^a,b,c   Krogsgaard, Kim ^a,b,c   Aldershvile, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SMOKING; THYROID GLAND; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0023915798     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(88)90100-X     Document Type: Article

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