Myxedema Coma or Crisis: eMedicine Endocrinology

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Myxedema Coma or Crisis: eMedicine Endocrinology

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Overview: The term myxedema has been applied to several clinical entities and is often used interchangeably with severe hypothyroidism, the common clinical condition in which the thyroid gland produces abnormally low levels of hormones. Myxedema also refers ...

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Tags: Endocrinology, Gland, Hormone, Thyroid Disease, Hypothyroidism, Coma, Women's Health

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SusanS_Health Susan Scroggins

Myxedema coma/crisis occurs in mostly older women with untreated hypothyroidism. Learn more about the conditions. http://bit.ly/9HQ9z7

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