Severe hypothyroidism caused by type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase in infantile hemangiomas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Huang, Stephen A ^a   Tu, Helen M ^b   Harney, John W ^b   Venihaki, Maria ^a   Butte, Atul J ^a   Kozakewich, Harry P W ^a   Fishman, Steven J ^a   Larsen, P Reed ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0034691665     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200007203430305     Document Type: Article

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