Thyrotoxicosis following the use of ashwagandha;Thyreotoxicose na gebruik van ashwagandha

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 2637-2638

  Van Der Hooft, C S ^a   Hoekstra, A ^a,c   Winter, A ^a,b   De Smet, P A G M ^a,d   Stricker, B H Ch ^a  

^a Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Wetenschappelijk Instituut Nederlandse Apothekers   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS; WITHANIA;

EID: 28244440496     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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