Discrepant thyroid function tests in a patient treated with interferon-alpha

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 506-

  Chan, Wing Bun ^a   Chow, Chun Chung ^a   Cockram, Clive Stewart ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0036794284     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.10.506     Document Type: Article

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