A patient with postpartum hypopituitarism (Sheehan's syndrome) developed postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis (transient thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism): A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Thyroid Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Takasu, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakayama, Yoshirou ^a  

^a Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGALACTIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREAST ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE BREAST DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; JAPANESE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TENDON REFLEX; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84880629205     PISSN: 20908067     EISSN: 20420072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/413026     Document Type: Article

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