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Case Reports
. 1980 Jan;43(1):46-9.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.1.46.

Motor neurone disease and hyperthyroid Graves' disease: a chance association?

J McMenamin, M Croxson
Case Reports

Motor neurone disease and hyperthyroid Graves' disease: a chance association?

J McMenamin et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1980 Jan.

Abstract

The presentation of a 56-year-old woman with coexisting hyperthyroid Graves' disease and motor neurone disease is described. Circulating immune complexes were detected in the serum of seven patients with motor neurone disease (five cases) or primary lateral sclerosis (two cases), including a man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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