Familial dysalbuminemic hypertriiodothyroninemia in a Japanese kindred

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-54

  Nakamura, Shigenori ^a,d   Kajita, Yoshihiro ^b   Ochi, Yukio ^c  

^a Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nantan Hospital   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methimazole treatment; Reverse T3

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0033630340     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.50     Document Type: Article

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