Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by El-Houni, A.
Right arrow Articles by Bowen-Jones, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by El-Houni, A.
Right arrow Articles by Bowen-Jones, D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Q J Med 2002; 95: 125-126
© 2002 Association of Physicians

Correspondence

Diarrhoea soon after levothyroxine replacement therapy

A. El-Houni, N. Younis, H. Soran and D. Bowen-Jones

Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral

Sir,

A 57-year old woman presented with tiredness, dry skin and weight gain. Examination revealed a smooth goitre with dry greasy skin. Biochemical investigations were consistent with primary hypothyroidism with raised thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 16.8 mU/l (normal range 0.5–5.5 mU/l) and a low total thyroxine 55 nmol/l (normal range 60–180 nmol/l). Thyroid peroxidase . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?