A case of severe cholestatic jaundice with hyperthyroidism successfully treated with methimazole

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-319

  Ichikawa, Hitoshi ^a   Ebinuma, Hirotoshi ^a   Tada, Shinichirou ^a   Ojiro, Keisuke ^a   Yamagishi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tsukada, Nobuhiro ^b   Hongou, Emi ^b   Funae, Osamu ^b   Irie, Rie ^a   Saito, Hidetsugu ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholestatis; Hyperthyroidism; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEER; BILE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR;

EID: 68949205617     PISSN: 18657257     EISSN: 18657265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12328-009-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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