Thyrotoxic crisis presenting as acute abdomen

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 681-682

  Bhattacharyya, A ^a   Wiles, P G ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROPRANOLOL; THYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0031464146     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709001212     Document Type: Article

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