Low serum total thyroxine and free triiodothyronine in patients with hepatic encephalopathy due to non-alcoholic cirrhosis

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 13-14, 2003, Pages 210-213

  Kayacetin, Ertuǧrul ^a   Kisakol, Gurcan ^a   Kaya, Ahmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038147233     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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