Abstract
SINCE both hypothyroidism and renal disease may have in common the findings of periorbital edema, lassitude, weakness and anemia, it is of some interest to know whether albuminuria is also encountered in both disorders. Although current textbooks of medicine seem unanimous in stating that albuminuria may often be found in hypothyroidism1 2 3 4 5 a careful review of the literature does not definitely substantiate this. The description of hypothyroidism by Sir William Gull in 1873 reported the urine as normal in the 2 cases described.6 In Murray's review of the life history of the first myxedematous patient treated with thyroid, as quoted by . . .
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