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Because of the gel nature of the excess fluid, it is mainly immobile and the edema is the nonpitting type. Atherosclerosis in Hypothyroidism. ... Kharlip J, Cooper DS: Recent developments in hyperthyroidism. Lancet 373:1930, 2009.
18-14: From Feldman M, Friedman L, Brandt L: Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease, ed 8, Philadelphia, 2006, Saunders. Box 18-1, A: Courtesy Marie Simar Couldwell, MD, and Maiken Nedergaard. Chapter 24 24-3, ...
Special tables called Lund-Browder charts, which take the large surface area of certain body areas (such as the head) in a growing child into account, are used by physicians to estimate burn percentages in children.
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