INTERNAL MYXEDEMA; REPORT OF A CASE SHOWING ASCITES, CARDIAC, INTESTINAL AND BLADDER ATONY, MENORRHAGIA, SECONDARY ANEMIA AND ASSOCIATED CAROTINEMIA
Authors: Roberto F. Escamilla, H. Lisser, H. Clare Shepardson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 September 1935INTERNAL MYXEDEMA; REPORT OF A CASE SHOWING ASCITES, CARDIAC, INTESTINAL AND BLADDER ATONY, MENORRHAGIA, SECONDARY ANEMIA AND ASSOCIATED CAROTINEMIAROBERTO F. ESCAMILLA, M.D., H. LISSER, M.D., F.A.C.P., H. CLARE SHEPARDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERTO F. ESCAMILLA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. LISSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, H. CLARE SHEPARDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-3-297 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe classical picture resulting from diminished thyroid activity has long been recognized. But the fact that this endocrinopathy is generalized, involving the internal organs as well as the external covering and configuration of the body, is not so widely appreciated. 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