Insidious hypothyroidism unmasked after operation [4]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 532-534

  Vretzakis, G ^a   Ferdi, E ^a   Papaziogas, B ^a,b  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLITHIASIS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 0035997290     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-200207000-00014     Document Type: Letter

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