Amiodarone and the thyroid

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 706-714

  Basaria, Shehzad ^a   Cooper, David S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Lactation; Pregnancy; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IODINE; IOPANOIC ACID; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; PREDNISONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEALKYLATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY; LACTATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ORAL CHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 21244452633     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.11.028     Document Type: Review

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