Statins should be used with greater caution in patients undergoing thyroid hormone withdrawal for radioactive iodine treatment

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-458

  Al Salameh, Abdallah ^a   Bihan, Hélène ^a   Keller Petrot, Isabelle ^b   Reach, Gérard ^a   Dhote, Robin ^a   Cohen, Régis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; INSULIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 2; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; ROSUVASTATIN; THYROTROPIN; VALSARTAN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS;

COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PYRIMIDINES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SULFONAMIDES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 79954482172     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0317     Document Type: Letter

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