Adrenal insufficiency after recurrent post-partum thyroiditis (post- partum Schmidt syndrome): A case report

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Mehta, H ^a   Badenhoop, K ^b   Walfish, P G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c Mount Sinai Hospital ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0031919291     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.269     Document Type: Article

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