Rifampin-induced hypothyroidism in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis [8]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-519

  Takasu, Nobuyuki ^a   Takara, Masaki ^a   Komiya, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; RIFAMPICIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LETTER; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIFAMPIN; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 12944258680     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200502033520524     Document Type: Letter

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