Multipoint subcutaneous injection of long-acting glucocorticid as a cure for pretibial myxedema

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-85

  Deng, Aimin ^a   Song, Dandan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYXEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MYXEDEMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 78651280061     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0268     Document Type: Article

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