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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1957
THE existence of an extracellular interfibrillar mucinous substance in the dermis and other connective tissues of patients with a deficiency of thyroid hormone has been well known for many years (1–3). However, it remained for Watson and Pearce (4), in their investigations of localized myxedema, to demonstrate that the extracellular material present in
J L, GABRILOVE, A W, LUDWIG
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THE existence of an extracellular interfibrillar mucinous substance in the dermis and other connective tissues of patients with a deficiency of thyroid hormone has been well known for many years (1–3). However, it remained for Watson and Pearce (4), in their investigations of localized myxedema, to demonstrate that the extracellular material present in
J L, GABRILOVE, A W, LUDWIG
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Archives of General Psychiatry, 1966
SINCE the earliest clinical descriptions by Gull 1 and Ord, 2 emotional difficulties have been described as part of the syndrome of myxedema. In the Clinical Society of London Report of 1888, 3 an extensive discussion based on 109 cases investigated over a five-year period concluded "Delusions and hallucinations occur in nearly half the cases, mainly ...
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SINCE the earliest clinical descriptions by Gull 1 and Ord, 2 emotional difficulties have been described as part of the syndrome of myxedema. In the Clinical Society of London Report of 1888, 3 an extensive discussion based on 109 cases investigated over a five-year period concluded "Delusions and hallucinations occur in nearly half the cases, mainly ...
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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1976
A 74-year-old man presented with mental obtundation and massive ascites without evidence of significant impairment of liver function. Thyroid function studies suggested hypothyroidism. Aspirated ascitic fluid had the characteristics of an exudate. Thyroid replacement therapy resulted in rapid clinical improvement with resolution of the ascites.
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A 74-year-old man presented with mental obtundation and massive ascites without evidence of significant impairment of liver function. Thyroid function studies suggested hypothyroidism. Aspirated ascitic fluid had the characteristics of an exudate. Thyroid replacement therapy resulted in rapid clinical improvement with resolution of the ascites.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1968
To the Editor:— I would like to take belated but nevertheless emphatic exception to a consultant's response in theQUESTIONS AND ANSWERScolumn ( 202 :1157, 1967). The first question asked: "Should patients with uncomplicated primary myxedema be treated with corticosteroids along with thyroid hormone and how much should be used?" The response ...
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To the Editor:— I would like to take belated but nevertheless emphatic exception to a consultant's response in theQUESTIONS AND ANSWERScolumn ( 202 :1157, 1967). The first question asked: "Should patients with uncomplicated primary myxedema be treated with corticosteroids along with thyroid hormone and how much should be used?" The response ...
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Annali italiani di medicina interna : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di medicina interna, 1990
Myxedema coma, an extreme expression of hypothyroidism, represents a medical emergency with high mortality. Hypothermia and cerebro-vascular accidents should be taken into account for correct differential diagnosis. The treatment of myxedema coma is based on prevention of the precipitating factors and on the administration of generous doses of L ...
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Myxedema coma, an extreme expression of hypothyroidism, represents a medical emergency with high mortality. Hypothermia and cerebro-vascular accidents should be taken into account for correct differential diagnosis. The treatment of myxedema coma is based on prevention of the precipitating factors and on the administration of generous doses of L ...
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Archives of Internal Medicine, 1952
MYXEDEMA in women is usually associated with altered menstrual function, infertility, or repeated abortion.1Parkin and Greene2described the occurrence of pregnancy in one patient with cretinism, in two with juvenile myxedema, and in three with adult myxedema.
R E, HODGES, H E, HAMILTON, W C, KEETTEL
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MYXEDEMA in women is usually associated with altered menstrual function, infertility, or repeated abortion.1Parkin and Greene2described the occurrence of pregnancy in one patient with cretinism, in two with juvenile myxedema, and in three with adult myxedema.
R E, HODGES, H E, HAMILTON, W C, KEETTEL
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1965
Myxedema, strictly speaking, is a boggy swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue which results from the deposition of mucin. It traditionally occurs in hypothyroid states, and recognition of this generalized nonpitting edema provides the physician with a reason to suspect hypothyroidism. The lesions of localized myxedema which usually occur in the
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Myxedema, strictly speaking, is a boggy swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue which results from the deposition of mucin. It traditionally occurs in hypothyroid states, and recognition of this generalized nonpitting edema provides the physician with a reason to suspect hypothyroidism. The lesions of localized myxedema which usually occur in the
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Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2003
Fliers, Eric, Wiersinga, Wilmar M.
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Fliers, Eric, Wiersinga, Wilmar M.
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