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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1581.htm

Discusses the life-threatening form of untreated hypothyroidism with physiological decompensation.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/52043-1.asp

Provides an overview of this condition, the causes, symptoms, and treatment.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=19712

Considered a life-threatening complication of hypothyroidism that represents the far more serious side of the spectrum of thyroid disease.

Myxedema Coma

http://www.thyroidmanager.org/Chapter9/ch_9-4.htm

Chapter 9 of Thyroid Disease Manager covers the definition and pathogenesis, diagnosis, and recommendations for treatment.

Myxedema Coma: Diagnosis and Treatment

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001201/2485.html

Describes the common misconception that a patient must be comatose to be diagnosed with this complication and discusses factors known to precipitate it.