Adrenocortical Crisis Triggered by Levothyroxine in an Unrecognized Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type-2: A Case Report with Review of the Literature.
CONCLUSION: The patients of one major component of APS-2 should be screened for other components of the disease to pick up latent cases. Addison's disease should be ruled out in patients of hypothyroidism who are intolerant to levothyroxine.
PMID: 32851966 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Drug Safety - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Patel DM, Gurumikhani JK, Patel MK, Patel MM, Patel SY, Patel PN Tags: Curr Drug Saf Source Type: research
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