A young woman with fluctuating hypo- and hyperthyroidism

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 882, 1999, Pages 243-244

  Bhattacharyya, A ^a   Chan, K G ^a   Tymms, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; CARBIMAZOLE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NOTE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0032971415     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.243     Document Type: Note

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