CHILDHOOD MYXEDEMA OBSERVATIONS THROUGH INFANCY, CHILDHOOD AND EARLY ADULT LIFE

摘要: The cerm cretinism implies a congenital disease characterized by physical and mental retardation due to an absence or deficiency of the normal thyroid secretion. degree infirmity is dependent entirely upon supply gland product. was described Paracelsus1 early in 17th century. He first point out connection between offspring goitre parents. Wolfgang Hoefer,2 Austrian physician, published 1675 his observations on Styrian Mountains. Until middle 19th century, however, only imperfectly differentiated. Fagge sporadic form 1871 and, 1873 Gull emphasized similarity adult myxedema. Some years later, following experiments conducted Victor Horsley, Commission appointed Clinical Society London reported that myxedema cachexia strumipriva were identical, occurring...