These results indicated that TH alters muscle properties, and is correlated with the clinical abnormalities of muscle function associated with thyrotoxicosis or
myxoedema. Hyperthyroidism exacerbates a number of human myopathies, including myasthenia gravis and myotonic dystrophy (Nicol and Bruce, 1981).
Report on
myxoedema. Transactions Clinical Society of London.
"A case of
myxoedema treated with great benefit by feeding with fresh thyroid glands." BMJ, 18912; 2:940.
Hypothyroidism (also known as
myxoedema) occurs when the thyroid does not produce enough thyroxine.
Ill health affected Jean's chances of success at school as she suffered scarlet fever and
myxoedema, a thyroid deficiency disease.
Hypothyroidism is also known as
Myxoedema and Hashimoto's Disease What is hyperthyroidism?
A disease known as
myxoedema is due to deficiency of the [thyroid] secretion in the adult.
A WHEN your thyroid is operated on it can become a little underactive, a condition known as
myxoedema. The tissue around the eye and the eyelid can become a little swollen.
"Exogenous Ochronosis and
Myxoedema from Resorcinol." British Journal of Dermatology vol.
Two cases of
myxoedema attributed to iodide administration.
Minnesota, and it was proved by actual demonstration that doses of a few thousandths of a grain would cure
myxoedema, or the pasty-faced underthyroidism of women, and turn an idiotic dwarf called a cretin into a comparatively normal child of three or four.
with high scores 1 45 7 Percentage 5.6 12.3 26.9 An association between thyroid function and mental activity in adults has been acknowledged ever since early descriptions of
myxoedema. Hypothyroidism may cause neurological and psychiatric abnormalities including psychosis, depression, and dementia.