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A common form of hyperthyroidism with a diffuse hyperplastic GOITER. It is an autoimmune disorder that produces antibodies against the THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR. These autoantibodies activate the TSH receptor, thereby stimulating the THYROID GLAND and hypersecretion of THYROID HORMONES. These autoantibodies can also affect the eyes (GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY) and the skin (Graves dermopathy).
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- Basedow Disease
- Basedow's Disease
- Exophthalmic Goiter
- Goiter, Exophthalmic
- Graves' Disease
- Hyperthyroidism, Autoimmune
- Basedows Disease
- Disease, Basedow
- Disease, Basedow's
- Disease, Graves
- Disease, Graves'
- Exophthalmic Goiters
- Goiters, Exophthalmic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY is also available
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2006 (1987); use GOITER, EXOPHTHALMIC 1963-1986
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Graves Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006111. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006111
- Graves Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50357588