A patient with stress-related onset and exacerbations of Graves disease

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Vita, Roberto ^a   Lapa, Daniela ^b   Vita, Giuseppe ^b   Trimarchi, Francesco ^c   Benvenga, Salvatore ^d,e  

^a Postgraduate School of Endocrinology

^b Department of Pathology and Experimental Microbiology ^*

^c Section of Endocrinology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Graves disease; Hyperthyroidism; Negative life events; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROMAZEPAM; IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INSOMNIA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NERVOUSNESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREMOR; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57649243225     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet1006     Document Type: Article

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