title: Hypertensive encephalopathy in a patient with neonatal thyrotoxicosis.
abstract: Neonatal hyperthyroidism may give rise to serious cardiovascular complications. A girl with severe thyrotoxicosis in whom hypertensive encephalopathy developed is described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neonatal thyrotoxicosis can give rise to hypertension and may lead to hypertensive encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Beatrix Children's Hospital, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. m.pijnenburg@bkk.azg.nl
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pijnenburg
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zweens
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bink
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Reitsma
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Odink
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020343:Hypertensive Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis