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Case Reports
. 1987 Oct;83(4):761-4.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(87)90910-7.

Graves' disease with thyrotoxicosis following subacute thyroiditis

L Wartofsky  1 , M Schaaf
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Case Reports

Graves' disease with thyrotoxicosis following subacute thyroiditis

L Wartofsky et al. Am J Med. 1987 Oct.

Abstract

Two patients are described who manifested the sequential occurrence of Graves' disease and subacute thyroiditis. The literature on this very unusual event is reviewed and speculation is offered on a possible mechanism linking thyroiditis to activation of Graves' disease in susceptible persons.

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