Tamoxifen therapy in steroid resistant Reidel's thyroiditis

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 56-57

  De, Mriganka ^a,b   Jaap, A ^a   Dempster, J ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Riedel's thyroiditis; Steroid therapy; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; STEROID THERAPY; STRIDOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

EID: 0035012203     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300104600211     Document Type: Article

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