A rare case of subacute thyroiditis causing thyroid storm

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Swinburne, Joanna L ^a   Kreisman, Stuart H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; STEROID; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HAND TREMOR; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; THYROID CRISIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID CRISIS; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 33846840975     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0140     Document Type: Article

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