Agranulocytosis: a rare complication of the thionamides

Abstract Agranulocytosis is a rare and life-threatening side effect of antithyroid drugs (ATD); it has been reported in < 0.2% of patients, usually within the first 3 months after starting ATD. We present a 62-year-old Libyan female patient who developed agranulocytosis 3 months after starting tr...

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Main Author: Hawa Juma El-Shareif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-023-00245-w