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Myxedema Coma: A New Look into an Old Crisis

Myxedema crisis is a severe life threatening form of decompensated hypothyroidism which is associated with a high mortality rate. Infections and discontinuation of thyroid supplements are the major precipitating factors while hypothermia may not play a major role in tropical countries. Low intracell...

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Autores principales: Mathew, Vivek, Misgar, Raiz Ahmad, Ghosh, Sujoy, Mukhopadhyay, Pradip, Roychowdhury, Pradip, Pandit, Kaushik, Mukhopadhyay, Satinath, Chowdhury, Subhankar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941682
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/493462