Pulmonary hypertension, hyperthyroidism, and fenfluramine: A case report and review

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Leung, Ying Ying ^a   Tang, Kam Shing ^b   Shang, Chiu Chi ^c   Chan, Chi Kin ^c   Wong, Kwan Keung ^c   Yu, Alex Wai Yin ^c  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUGOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FENFLURAMINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33751098774     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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