Continued suppression of serum TSH level may be attributed to TSH receptor antibody activity as well as the severity of thyrotoxicosis and the time to recovery of thyroid hormone in treated euthyroid Graves patients

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1251-1257

  Chung, Yun Jae ^a   Lee, Byung Wan ^a   Kim, Ji Youn ^a   Jung, Jung Hwa ^a   Min, Yong Ki ^a   Lee, Myung Shik ^a   Lee, Moon Kyu ^a   Kim, Kwang Won ^a   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN BINDING INHIBITORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33846183780     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.1251     Document Type: Article

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