Usefulness of L-carnitine, a naturally occurring peripheral antagonist of thyroid hormone action, in iatrogenic hyperthyroidism: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3579-3594

  Benvenga, Salvatore ^a   Ruggeri, Rosaria M ^a   Russo, Antonia ^a   Lapa, Daniela ^a   Campenni, Alfredo ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; OSTEOCALCIN; PLACEBO; PROLINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HIP; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0034880632     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.8.7747     Document Type: Article

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