Levothyroxine-induced liver injury followed by complete recovery upon cessation of the drug: a case report

BACKGROUND: Levothyroxine is a synthetic thyroxine and is the treatment of choice for hypothyroidism. It is a prohormone with minimal intrinsic activity. The drug is de-iodinated in peripheral tissue to form triiodothyronine, which is the active thyroid hormone. On initiation of treatment, levothyro...

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Autores principales: Hlaihel, Abbas F., Al-Khairalla, Mudher Z. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2244-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2244-z

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