• DOI:10.1001/JAMA.1952.02930350025007
Corpus ID: 32324945

Propylthiouracil and methimazole therapy; comparative experiences.

@article{Irwin1952PropylthiouracilAM,
  title={Propylthiouracil and methimazole therapy; comparative experiences.},
  author={G. Irwin and H. D. VAN VACTOR and M. Norris},
  journal={Journal of the American Medical Association},
  year={1952},
  volume={149 18},
  pages={
          1637-40
        }
}

G. Irwin, H. D. VAN VACTOR, M. Norris

Published 1952

Medicine

Journal of the American Medical Association

It is the purpose of this paper to report the results of the use of methimazole ("tapazole") in 45 patients and propylthiouracil in 54 patients in the management of hyperthyroidism at the Indiana University Medical Center and the Indianapolis General Hospital. All these cases were followed by one or more of us. They were treated in the outpatient thyroid clinics unless the severity of toxicity or complications necessitated admission to the hospital. The diagnosis of hyperthyroidism in these… CONTINUE READING

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