Smoking is trigger for severe forms of Graves' disease: acropachy and dermopathy.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 01-NOV-03
Author: Bates, Betsy
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SAN DIEGO -- Patients with two of the most serious manifestations of Graves' disease--acropachy and dermopathy--are three times more likely to have a history of tobacco use and are five times more likely to be current smokers than patients with another thyroid disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
A small study presented...
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