Thyroid function in accidental hypothermia.
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Thyroid function in accidental hypothermia.
THE clinical state of patients with accidental hypothermia may closely resemble that of severely hypothyroid patients. Moreover laboratory investigations fail to differentiate the two states with certainty. Six cases of hypothermia are described in this paper; the serum carotene and cholesterol levels have been estimated in the hope of establishing a precise diagnosis, and their values and that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.42.490.495