Intermittent and recurrent episodes of subclinical hypothyroidism, central hypothyroidism and T3-toxicosis in an elderly woman

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Megías, Marta Cano ^a   Iglesias, Pedro ^a   Villanueva, Mercedes García ^a   Díez, Juan José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ALIMENTARY THYROTOXICOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84865643907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006260     Document Type: Article

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