Schmidt's syndrome and severe hyponatremia: Report of an unusual case and review of the related literature

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-388

  Gumieniak, Olga ^a   Farwell, Alan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY; CASE REPORT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2142650151     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/ep.9.5.384     Document Type: Article

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