Severe hypothyroidism in patients dependent on prolonged thyroxine infusion through a jejunostomy

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-67

  Smyrniotis, V ^a,c   Vaos, N ^a   Arkadopoulos, N ^a   Kostopanagiotou, G ^a   Theodoraki, K ^a   Lambrou, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Elpis Municipal Hospital of Athens   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Esophagopharyngolaryngeal resection; Jejunostomy; T4 malabsorption

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG INFUSION; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JEJUNOSTOMY; LARYNGECTOMY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; THYROPARATHYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034013980     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.1999.0087     Document Type: Article

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