Subacute thyroiditis: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome in fifty-six consecutive patients diagnosed between 1999 and 2005

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 631-635

  Benbassat, Carlos A ^a,b   Olchovsky, D ^c   Tsvetov, G ^a   Shimon, I ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibodies; Hypothyroidism; Subacute thyroiditis; Thyroid; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASON; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 35448980832     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347442     Document Type: Article

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