Lactose intolerance revealed by severe resistance to treatment with levothyroxine

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1171-1173

  Muñoz Torres, Manuel ^a   Varsavsky, Mariela ^a   Alonso, Guillermo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXAZOSIN; ENALAPRIL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALABSORPTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROXINE;

EID: 33845248422     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.1171     Document Type: Article

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