Acute pancreatitis and parotitis induced by methimazole in a patient with Graves' disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 667-670

  Taguchi, Manabu ^a   Yokota, Masafumi ^a   Koyano, Hajime ^a   Endo, Yuzo ^b   Ozawa, Yasunori ^a,b  

^a Dept of Endocrinol and Metabolism ^*  (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELASTASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PAROTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; METHIMAZOLE; PANCREATITIS; PAROTITIS;

EID: 0032733005     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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