Pseudomalabsorption of thyroid hormones: case report and review of the literature

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 460-463

  Livadariu, E ^a   Valdes Socin, H ^a   Burlacu, M C ^a   Vulpoi, C ^b   Daly, A F ^a   Beckers, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b University Hospital Sf Spiridon   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Oral test; Pseudomalabsorption; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE SODIUM; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALABSORPTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THYROID HORMONE PSEUDOMALABSORPTION; THYROIDECTOMY; BLOOD; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 36549022509     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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