Hypothyroid myopathy with unusually high serum creatine kinase values

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Finsterer, J ^a,b   Stollberger C ^a   Grossegger, C ^a   Kroiss, A ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electromyography; Hypothyroid myopathy; Neuromuscular disorders; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MYOPATHY; MYXEDEMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TENDON REFLEX; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 17344382485     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023462     Document Type: Article

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