Graves disease


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Graves'′ disease`

(greɪvz)
n.
a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion.
[1865–70; after R. J. Graves (1796–1853), Irish physician]
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[Incidence of Graves disease in children in some regions of south-eastern Poland].
Management of Thyrotoxicosis in Children and Adolescents: A Turkish Multi-center Experience
Recently, Graves disease (GD) has been associated with vitamin D deficiency (3-6).
Relationship between Thyroid Volume and Baseline Vitamin D Levels in New-Onset Graves Disease
Eun et al., "Association of HLA-DR and -DQ genes with graves disease in Koreans," Human Immunology, vol.
A Case of Thyrotoxicosis due to Simultaneous Occurrence of Subacute Thyroiditis and Graves' Disease
Castagnone, "Thyroid nodules in Graves disease and the risk of thyroid carcinoma," JAMA Internal Medicine, vol.
The Outcome of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Associated with Graves' Disease: A Case Control Study
Herrmann, "Relapse prediction in Graves disease: towards mathematical modeling of clinical, immune and genetic markers," Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders, vol.
Elevated Serum IL-17 Expression at Cessation Associated with Graves' Disease Relapse
Historically, research into surgical treatment of Graves disease has assessed subtotal rather than total thyroidectomy.
Quality-of-life outcomes in Graves disease patients after total thyroidectomy
Mussa et al., "Graves disease in children: thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibodies as remission markers," The Journal of Pediatrics, vol.
The Influence of Juvenile Graves' Ophthalmopathy on Graves' Disease Course
Bouadma, "Concurrent Graves disease thyrotoxicosis and myasthenia gravis: The treatment of the former may dangerously reveal the latter," Anaesthesia, vol.
A Case Report of Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Patient during Myasthenia Crisis
In humans, Graves disease is the result of an overactive what?
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Risk factors for developmental disorders in infants born to women with Graves disease. Obstet Gynecol 1992; 80: 359-64.
Fetal neonatal hyperthyroidism: diagnostic and therapeutic approachment
Belfiore et al (3) and Ozaki et al (4) have reported that thyroid cancer associated with graves disease had an aggressive course.
A rare case of papillary carcinoma of thyroid with hyperthyroidism
Prognostic factors in the relapse of Graves disease following treatment with antithyroid drugs.
Thyroid-stimulation hormone--receptor antibodies as a predictor of thyro suppressive drug therapy outcome in graves' disease patients/Antitela na receptore tiroidnog stimulisuceg hormona kao prediktor ishoda medikamentine tirosupresivne terapije kod pacijenata sa grejvsovom bolescu

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