0 a condition in which the thyroid gland produces large amounts of hormones:
Graves' disease is a common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents.
Sustained neonatal hyperthyroidism in the rat affects myelination in the central nervous system.
Sub-clinical hyperthyroidism can also occur when patients are taking thyroxine.
A 68-year-old man with hyperthyroidism, cardiovascular disease, chronic emphysema, and diabetes mellitus, is separated from his wife, but not divorced.
The myopathy of primary hyperthyroidism responds to removal of the adenoma.
In both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, the mechanism of diarrhoea is altered motility (although in hypothyroidism, constipation is more commonly found).
Exploding "hyperthyroidism" captures all 2,310 articles (set 4).
Conversely, weakness in hyperthyroidism is more evident, and may be the presenting symptom, but the serum creatine kinase is usually normal or only slightly increased.
The aetiology is diverse, with implications for older persons and includes infections, immune processes and endocrine causes, for example, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hyperadrenalism, hyperparathyroidism and hyperpituitarism.
