Initial treatment with 15 mg of prednisolone daily is sufficient for most patients with subacute thyroiditis in Japan

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-272

  Kubota, Sumihisa ^a   Nishihara, Eijun ^a   Kudo, Takumi ^a   Ito, Mitsuru ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874892950     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0459     Document Type: Article

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