PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pericardial effusion |
| Phenotype | C0020676|hypothyroid |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 20622352 | Cardiac abnormalities have been studied extensively in patients with primary hypothyroidism, almost one-third of patients have pericardial effusion, which disappears with correction of the hypothyroid state. |
| PubMedID- 23133775 | The pathogenesis of pericardial effusion in hypothyroid patients is probably due to the increased systemic capillary permeability and disturbances in electrolyte metabolism [25]. |
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