Increasing thyroxine requirements in primary hypothyroidism: Don't forget the urinalysis!

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-203

  Junglee, N ^a   Scanlon, M ^a   Rees, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Nephrotic syndrome; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLOID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BLEOMYCIN; CHOLESTEROL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; DIPSTICK URINE TEST; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG METABOLISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MYELOMA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PROTEINURIA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTEINURIA; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33746615134     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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