Conversion to Graves' hyperthyroidism in a patient with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis documented by real-time thyroid ultrasonography

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1135-1137

  Champion, Bernard ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^b   Ma, Gary ^b   El Kaissi, Samer ^c   Wall, Jack R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; ECHOGRAPHY; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 53649098808     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0142     Document Type: Letter

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