The use of lithium carbonate in the preparation for definitive therapy in hyperthyroid patients

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-170

  Akin, Fulya ^a   Yaylali, Guzin Fidan ^a   Bastemir, Mehmet ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lithium carbonate therapy; Preoperative preparation; Radioiodine therapy; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMA; CONFUSION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 39749129153     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112975     Document Type: Article

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