Myxedema coma induced by ingestion of raw bok choy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1945-1946

  Chu, Michael ^a   Seltzer, Terry F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; BOK CHOY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CHINESE CABBAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLONUS; COMA; COOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EATING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LETHARGY; LETTER; MACROGLOSSIA; MYXEDEMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RAW FOOD;

EID: 77952636756     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0911005     Document Type: Letter

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