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A new management algorithm for acute suppurative thyroiditis?

Appropriate diagnosis and clinical management of patients with acute suppurative thyroiditis, an endocrine emergency, presents a major challenge, with no consensus guidelines currently available. Could the novel algorithm proposed by John Paes and colleagues provide a solution?

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Miyauchi, A. A new management algorithm for acute suppurative thyroiditis?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 6, 424–426 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2010.84

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