A new complication of hypothyroid coma: Neurogenic dysphagia: Presentation, diagnosis, and treatment

Thyroid

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 595-598

  Urquhart, A D ^a,b   Rea, I M ^a,b   Lawson, L T ^a   Skipper, M ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034948485     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072501750302912     Document Type: Article

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