Resistance to thyroid hormone in Hashimoto's thyroiditis [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 517-518

  Fukata, Shuji ^a   Brent, Gregory A ^b   Sugawara, Masahiro ^b  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 12944333061     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200502033520523     Document Type: Letter

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