Hyperthyroidism presenting as dysphagia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 472-473

  Noto, Hiroshi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Tomoaki ^a   Ishibashi, Shun ^a   Kimura, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Myopathy; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE;

EID: 0034201382     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.472     Document Type: Article

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