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Is amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis associated with increased mortality?

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boxed-textO'Sullivan AJ et al. (2006) Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: left ventricular dysfunction is associated with increased mortality. Eur J Endocrinol 154: 533–536

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Pearce, E., Braverman, L. Is amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis associated with increased mortality?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 668–669 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0343

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