Carbimazole--resistant thyrotoxicosis.
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We report two patients whose thyrotoxicosis failed to respond to conventional treatment with carbimazole. The patients remained persistently hyperthyroid, both clinically and biochemically, despite several months of carbimazole therapy at the maximum recommended doses. Prednisolone 20 mg per day was then given in addition to the antithyroid drug and a dramatic response observed in both cases. T...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 73 864 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997