Wednesday, April 04, 2007

What is Graves disease ? Info about goiter

Graves disease is a thyroid disorder characterized by goiter, exophthalmos, "orange-peel" skin, and hyperthyroidism.

Graves disease is primarily caused by an antibody-mediated auto-immune reaction.

The trigger for this reaction is still unknown.

Graves disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.

Graves' disease may present clinically with one of the following characteristic signs of goiter or exophthalmos, etc

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