Riedel's thyroiditis treated with tamoxifen

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-241

  Dabelić, Nina ^a   Jukić, Tomislav ^a   Labar, Željka ^a   Novosel, Sunčica A ^a   Mateša, Neven ^a   Kusić, Zvonko ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Tamoxifen; Thyroid gland; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; RIEDEL GOITER; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDITIS;

CROATIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; TAMOXIFEN; THYROIDITIS; THYROXINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037622117     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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