Thyrotoxicosis and acute abdomen - Still as defying and misunderstood today? Brief observations over the recent decade

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 943-947

  Leow, M K S ^a   Chew, D E K ^a   Zhu, M ^a   Soon, P C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CRISIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 57049152802     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn111     Document Type: Article

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