Phenytoin- Medication That Warrants Deviation From Standard Approach for Thyroid Lab Interpretation

Long-term treatment with antiepileptic drugs like phenytoin has been reported to alter the thyroid hormone levels. It makes interpretation of thyroid labs hard for clinicians. We report a case of 48-year-old Caucasian female on phenytoin since year 1996 with stable seizure control, who was referred...

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Autores principales: Pattan, Vishwanath, Candula, Narsimha, Adhikari, Ramesh, Kashyap, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282597
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11324

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282597
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11324

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