Painful Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-352

  Kasagi, Kanji ^a  

^a TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute inflammation; Corticosteroids; Graves' disease; Painful Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Subacute thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FEVER; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATION; NECK PAIN; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SYMPTOM; THYROIDECTOMY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 33645983346     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.0144     Document Type: Editorial

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