Triac "Stosstherapy" in Sporadic Goitrous Cretinism
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Non-endemic goitrous cretinism.
Enlargement of the thyroid gland is an unusual finding in cretins outside endemic goitrous areas. Wilkins, Clayton and Bertirong (1954), reviewing published cases of non-endemic goitrous cretinism, collected reports of 32 cases and described a further four cases of their own. Other cases have been reported by Rienhoff (1940) and Smallpeice (1949). The hypothyroidism in these cases is of variabl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5118.340