Levothyroxine-induced liver dysfunction in a primary hypothyroid patient

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 579-583

  Ohmori, Masami ^a   Harada, Kazuhiro ^a   Tsuruoka, Shuichi ^a   Sugimoto, Koh Ichi ^a   Kobayashi, Eiji ^a   Fujimura, Akio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity; Hypothyroid; Levothyroxine; Liver dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST;

EID: 0032836078     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.579     Document Type: Article

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