Paiva C, Mouro A M, Luís M L, Fonseca F, Quina M
Serviço de Medicina III. H. Pulido Valente, Serviço de Neurologia do H. Sta. Maria, Lisboa.
Acta Med Port. 1991 Nov-Dec;4(6):305-7.
The authors report a case of primary hypothyroidism where the main symptoms were caused by muscular lesions and disappeared after treatment with L-thyroxine. Based on this case study the authors then review both the clinical aspects and the diagnostical methods of hypothyroidism myopathy, noting its frequency, be it in terms of isolated laboratory changes or in terms of functional changes.
作者报告了一例原发性甲状腺功能减退症病例，其主要症状由肌肉病变引起，经左甲状腺素治疗后症状消失。基于该病例研究，作者随后回顾了甲状腺功能减退性肌病的临床方面和诊断方法，并指出了其发生率，无论是孤立的实验室检查变化还是功能变化方面。
