Thyroid disorders and gastrointestinal and liver dysfunction: A state of the art review

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 563-571

  Kyriacou, Angelos ^a   McLaughlin, John ^a,b   Syed, Akheel A ^a,c  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal dysfunction; Hypothyroidism; Liver disease; Obesity; Thyroid disease; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CELIAC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MYXEDEMA; OBESITY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROIDITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; COMPLICATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84943660474     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.07.017     Document Type: Review

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