Amiodarone and the thyroid: Pharmacological and toxic effects;Amiodarone et thyroide: Effets pharmacologiques et toxiques

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-205

  Unger, J ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Cesar de Paepe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOTHYROXINE; PERCHLORATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PLASMAPHERESIS; SHORT SURVEY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; REVIEW; SECRETION; THYROID GLAND;

AMIODARONE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0029742074     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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