Thyrotoxicosis caused by weight-reducing herbal medicines

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 831-834

  Ohye, Hidemi ^a   Fukata, Shuji ^a   Kanoh, Maki ^a   Kubota, Sumihisa ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Sugawara, Masahiro ^b  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DREAM SHAPE; EVER YOUTH; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; PRONASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MARKETING; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 17644382270     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.8.831     Document Type: Article

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