Thyroid storm induced by blunt thyroid gland trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1247-1249

  Delikoukos, Stylianos ^a,b   Mantzos, Fotios ^a  

^a General Hospital Of Halkis   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; FLURBIPROFEN; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; VERAPAMIL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID BLUNT TRAUMA; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; INJURY; NECK INJURY; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID GLAND; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 38849151772     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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