Myxedema coma

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Fliers, Eric ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Nonthyroidal illness; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MYXEDEMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMA; HUMANS; MYXEDEMA; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0037698766     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022985902253     Document Type: Review

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