SOME MUSCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

Abstract

Although it has been recognized for many years that symptoms and signs indicating disordered function of the voluntary musculature may be prominent in patients with myxoedema, the muscular manifestations of hypothyroidism have received comparatively little attention in the British litera- ture. Recent reviews have, however, been given by Thomasen (1948), Piaggio Blancho and Malosetti (