Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 44-46 , January 2010

Hepatic Failure Resulting From Thyroid Storm With Normal Serum Thyroxine and Triiodothyronine Concentrations

  • Chin-Sung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Ya Ma

      Affiliations

    • Cardinal Tien Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yi-Chun Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hong-Da Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hong-Da Lin, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70021-6

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70021-6

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 44-46 , January 2010

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