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Primary hypothyroidism with secondary hypertension: a case report
A A Adogu1, N Njepuome, C A Anyiam
1Department of Clinical Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
East African Medical Journal
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
Both primary hypothyroidism and secondary hypertension are thought to be relatively uncommon in most parts of the tropics. A Nigerian hypothyroid patient with thyroxine-responsive hypertension is reported, and this syndrome (secondary hypothyroid hypertension) is examined with respect to its possible aetiopathogenesis.