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Asymptomatic Propylthiouracil Induced Agranulocytosis in a Patient with Toxic Nodular Goiter: A Rare Case Report

BACKGROUND: Agranulocytosis is a rare but fatal side effect of antithyroid drugs (ATDs) with incidence reported at 0.1%‐1%. Agranulocytosis is defined as a granulocyte count <500 cells/μL following the use of ATDs and is an absolute contraindication to the use of these drugs; in this case, radioa...

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Autores principales: Shale, Wongel Tena, Umer, Keno Mohammed, Tola, Gutu Ganati, Guluju, Fayera Abetu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10493100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701536
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S424053