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Abstract
In a retrospective survey we found that five (8.5%) out of 59 women with giant-cell arteritis had a history of thyrotoxicosis. This was significantly higher than in a control group of patients. Giant-cell arteritis and thyrotoxicosis occurred simultaneously in two cases. Knowledge of this association is of clinical use and is further evidence for an immunological basis for giant-cell arteritis.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4835298 PMCID: PMC1610504 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5916.408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447