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Split high‐dose oral levothyroxine treatment as a successful therapy option in myxedema coma

High‐dose intravenous thyroxine (T4) is the preferable treatment for myxedema coma. We describe the clinical course of a 69‐year‐old man who presented with myxedema coma and received oral levothyroxine (LT4) therapy (1 mg) in a split dose. This suggests split high‐dose oral LT4 as a therapeutic opti...

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Autores principales: Charoensri, Suranut, Sriphrapradang, Chutintorn, Nimitphong, Hataikarn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1131