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Journals / Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports / 2018 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 1

Methimazole-Induced Febrile Neutropenia

Behçet VARIŞLI, Sinan YILDIRIM, Şehnaz PAKER, Hatice KARAÇAM

Pages
13–15
DOI
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Abstract

Introduction: Antithyroid drugs (ATD) are commonly used for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis, particularly for the treatment ofGrave’s disease. Methimazole is the first line ATD. A major fatal adverse effect of ATDs, if unrecognized and not treated on time,is agranulocytosis, which is defined as an absolute neutrophil count of