Clinical characteristics of frequently recurring painless thyroiditis: Contributions of higher thyroid hormone levels, younger onset, male gender, presence of thyroid autoantibody and absence of goiter to repeated recurrence

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-397

  Nishimaki, Momoko ^a   Isozaki, Osamu ^a   Yoshihara, Ai ^a   Okubo, Yumiko ^a   Takano, Kazue ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Painless thyroiditis; Repeated recurrence; Silent thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOITER; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PAINLESS THYROIDITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 67650481896     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-055     Document Type: Article

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