Recombinant human TSH as an adjuvant to radioiodine for the treatment of type 1 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT)

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 810-811

  Albino, C C ^a,b   Paz Filho, G ^c   Graf, H ^c  

^a Núcleo Diagnóstico Maringá ^*  (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Diabetes E Endocrinologia de Maringá IDEM and Núcleo Diagnóstico   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 63149099300     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03405.x     Document Type: Letter

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