Clinical characteristics and outcome of thyroid storm: A case series and review of neuropsychiatric derangements in thyrotoxicosis

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-189

  Swee, Du Soon ^a   Chng, Chiaw Ling ^a   Lim, Adoree ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURCH WARTOFSKY POINT SCALE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAPANESE THYROID ASSOCIATION CRITERIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATHOGENESIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID CRISIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; COMPLICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CRISIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 84923521231     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP14023.OR     Document Type: Article

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