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Severe thyrotoxicosis: a rare cause of acute delirium

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  1. Clinic for Internal Medicine, Buelach Hospital, 8180, Buelach, Switzerland

    Amrei von Braun

  2. Division of Endocrinology, Buelach Hospital, 8180, Buelach, Switzerland

    Annette Bühler

  3. Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Buelach Hospital, 8180, Buelach, Switzerland

    Bernd Yuen

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von Braun, A., Bühler, A. & Yuen, B. Severe thyrotoxicosis: a rare cause of acute delirium. Intern Emerg Med 7 (Suppl 1), 27–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-011-0572-0

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