Subacute Thyroiditis during Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 864-865

  Ömür, Özgür ^a   Daglýöz, Gözde ^a   Akarca, Ulus ^a   Özcan, Zehra ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interferon therapy; Subacute thyroiditis; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERFERON; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 17744413989     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000090948.73921.26     Document Type: Article

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