Indian Graves

[Graves' disease].

Graves' Orbitopathy

1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan 2Department of Medicine, Nepean Clinical School, Nepean Hospital, The University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia 3Molecular Thyroid Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Medical Center, 55101 Mainz, Germany ...

Graves’ Ophthalmopathy

Copyright © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 40-year-old woman who recently received a diagnosis of Graves’ disease comes for a follow-up visit. She has been taking methimazole, at a dose of 10 mg daily, and is now euthyroid, but for the past 3 months, she has had bothersome eye symptoms, including redness, tearing, grittiness, photophobia, diplopia at the extremes of gaze, and ocular pain...

Graves' Disease.

Graves’ disease was first recognized in the 19th century as a syndrome comprising an enlarged and overactive thyroid gland, an accelerated heart rate, and ocular abnormalities (Fig. 1). Critical for our current understanding of this disease was the discovery of its autoimmune basis, which results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors.1,2 Graves’ disease has adverse...

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