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. 1974 May 25;2(5916):408-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5916.408.

Thyrotoxicosis and giant-cell arteritis

R D Thomas, D N Croft

Thyrotoxicosis and giant-cell arteritis

R D Thomas et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

In a retrospective survey we found that five (8.5%) out of 59 women with giant-cell arteritis had a history of thyrotoxicosis. This was significantly higher than in a control group of patients. Giant-cell arteritis and thyrotoxicosis occurred simultaneously in two cases. Knowledge of this association is of clinical use and is further evidence for an immunological basis for giant-cell arteritis.

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