Failure of plasmapheresis, corticosteroids and thionamides to ameliorate a case of protracted amiodarone-induced thyroiditis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-368

  Samaras, Katherine ^a,b   Marel, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID; LITHIUM; PERCHLORATE; THIONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0029791077     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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