Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection as a Precipitant of Thyroid Storm in a Previously Undiagnosed Case of Graves' Disease in a Prepubertal Girl

Graves' disease is less common in prepubertal than pubertal children, and initial presentation with thyroid storm is rare. We report an 11-year-old prepubertal Hispanic girl who presented with a one-day history of respiratory distress, fever, and dysphagia. She had exophthalmos, a diffuse bilat...

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Main Authors: Aslan, IvyR, Baca, ElizabethA, Charlton, RWilliam, Rosenthal, StephenM
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21603250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/138903

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21603250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/138903

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