MYASTHENIA gravis has frequently been described as a clinical entity. It is a disease characterized by abnormal skeletal-muscle fatigability. The cause is unknown. The myoneural junction seems to be ...

Neonatal otoxicosis is a very rare consh=on. The entire available literature contains 13 documented cases, 1,3 w-ich are well summarized by Sclare. 3 This communication describes the fourteenth case ...

The thyroid-stimulating hormone of a patient with hyperthyroidism and exophthalmos is slowly normalizing on propylthiouracil, but her eyes remain abnormal in appearance. She has seen an ...

About 90% of patients with thyroid eye disease have Graves hyperthyroidism, but hypothyroidism and euthyroidism can also accompany this condition.1 Eye disease usually develops in patients with ...

Reviewed by Clifton M. Jackness, MD, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, NYU School of Medicine, NY, NY ...

Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland makes excessive amount of thyroid hormone. A low TSH level with a high FT4 level and a high FT3 level indicate hyperthyroidism (over-active ...

The thyroid, an endocrine gland found in the anterior neck, is normally not palpable. It regulates the rate of metabolism, growth, and function of other systems through a negative feedback system ...

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