Pseudomalabsorption of Levothyroxine: A Case Report

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-50

  Ogawa, Daisuke ^a   Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Mimura, Yukari ^a   Ueno, Akiko ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroo ^a   Kishida, Masayuki ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Munchausen syndrome; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE;

EID: 0034137331     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.45     Document Type: Article

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