Case report: Rapid resolution of consumptive hypothyroidism in a child with hepatic hemangioendothelioma following liver transplantation

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-284

  Balazs, Andrea E ^a   Athanassaki, Ioanna ^a   Gunn, Sheila K ^a   Tatevian, Nina ^a   Huang, Stephen A ^b   Haymond, Morey W ^a   Karaviti, Lefkothea P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumptive hypothyroidism; Liver hemangioendothelioma; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DEXAMETHASONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 34548172916     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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