Successful management of a patient with pseudomalabsorption of levothyroxine

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Kubota, Sumihisa ^a   Fukata, Shuji ^a   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Factitious disorders; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid gland; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LOADING TEST; MALABSORPTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PSEUDOMALABSORPTION OF LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0141674953     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/0YWR-8DRV-HHP4-UE2E     Document Type: Article

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