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Comparative Study
. 1980 May 24;1(8178):1101-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)91551-2.

Prediction of relapse in hyperthyroid Graves' disease

A M McGregor, B R Smith, R Hall, M M Petersen, M Miller, P J Dewar
Comparative Study

Prediction of relapse in hyperthyroid Graves' disease

A M McGregor et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Within a year of stopping a 6-month course of carbimazole treatment 41 of 65 patients (63%) with hyperthyroid Graves' disease had a recurrence of their hyperthyroidism. By combined analysis of the HLA-DRw3 status and the level of thyrotrophin-receptor antibody at the time of drug withdrawal relapse or remission could be predicted in 62 of the 65 patients.

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