Thyrotoxic crisis following eclampsia and induction of labour
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Thyrotoxic crisis following eclampsia and induction of labour.
Case report A 28-year-old Indian woman presented to the surgical out-patient clinic with complaints of weightloss and a neck swelling. On examination the surgeon found that the patient had a smooth goitre, lid lag and a tachycardia of 120 per min. The serum thyroxine (T4) level was 215 nmol/l (normal 60-135). She was started on carbimazole 10 mg three times daily. It was however, not known that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.58.679.286