Treatment of amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 662-666

  Franklyn, Jayne A ^a,b   Gammage, Michael D ^b  

^a Graduate School

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Glucocorticoid; Radioiodine; Thionamide; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CARBIMAZOLE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; THIONAMIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GOITER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARBIMAZOLE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548092159     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0592     Document Type: Article

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