Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 408-414 , March 2007

Perioperative Thyroid Hormone Kinetics in Patients Undergoing Major Oral and Maxillofacial Operations

  • Theodosios Saranteas, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Senior Researcher, Department of Pharmacology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Saranteas: 19, Karatza str and Klemanso, 18534 Piraeus, Greece
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  • Annete Tachmintzis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Nikos Katsikeris, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Consultant and Head of the Department, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Eustathios Lykoudis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, General Hospital of Ioannina, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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  • Iordanis Mourouzis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Dimitrios Anteriotis, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Chrisanthos Alexopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Antonia Dimakopoulou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Vasilios Dimitriou, MD, DEEA

      Affiliations

    • Consultant and Head of the Department, Department of Anesthesiology, General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Costantinos Pantos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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  • Christina Tesseromatis, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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PII: S0278-2391(06)01381-4

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.12.067

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 408-414 , March 2007