Methimazole-induced hypothyroidism causes cellular damage in the spleen, heart, liver, lung and kidney

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Cano Europa, Edgar ^a   Blas Valdivia, Vanessa ^a   Franco Colin, Margarita ^a   Gallardo Casas, Carlos Angel ^a   Ortiz Butrón, Rocio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Methimazole; Thyroidectomy; Tissue damage

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; PENTOBARBITAL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART INJURY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SPLEEN INJURY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HEART; HEMATOXYLIN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78649834508     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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