Graves'' disease and Down''s syndrome |
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| Authors: | A J McCulloch F Clark N R Steele |
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| Affiliation: | *Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne;†Department of Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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| Abstract: | A case is described of severe thyrotoxicosis occurring in a patient with Down's syndrome, in which behavioural disturbance was a marked but reversible phenomenon. In addition, we report that antibodies capable of stimulating the thyroid were detectable in the sputum of both the patient and his mother. |
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