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A Million Reasons for Hyperthyroidism. Reporting a Case of Thyrotoxicosis in a Setting of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma

Background: Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) induced transient hyperthyroidism is often seen during pregnancy. Other rare causes of beta hCG induced hyperthyroidism include trophoblastic tumors (hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma) and in men, germ cell tumors. The mechanism for hCG induced thyr...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ali Samim, Siraj, Elias Said
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8089629/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1867