Medline ® Abstract for Reference 53
of 'Etiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of neonatal hypertension'
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Hypertensive encephalopathy in a patient with neonatal thyrotoxicosis.
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Pijnenburg MW, Zweens MJ, Bink MT, Reitsma WC, Odink RJ
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Eur J Pediatr. 1999;158(10):789.
UNLABELLED:
Neonatal hyperthyroidism may give rise to serious cardiovascular complications. A girl with severe thyrotoxicosis in whom hypertensive encephalopathy developed is described.
CONCLUSION:
Neonatal thyrotoxicosis can give rise to hypertension and may lead to hypertensive encephalopathy.
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Beatrix Children's Hospital, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. m.pijnenburg@bkk.azg.nl
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