Painless thyroiditis induced by the cessation of betamethasone

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 744-746

  Morita, Shigeki ^a,c   Ueda, Yasuo ^a   Yokoyama, Naokata ^b  

^a Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGASAKI GENBAKU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Celestamine; Transient thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CELESTAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD URTICARIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; PAIN; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 0034859478     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.744     Document Type: Article

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