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ea0029s18.1 | Molecular mechanisms in autoimmune thyroid disease | ICEECE2012

Predictors of relapse of Graves’ disease after antithyroid drug withdrawal

Wang P. , Chen I. , Juo S. , Hsi E. , Liu R. , Hsieh C.

For patients with GravesÂ’ disease (GD), the primary goal of antithyroid drug therapy is to temporarily restore the patient to the euthyroid state and wait for a subsequent remission of the disease. This study sought to identify the predictive markers for the relapse of disease.To do this, we studied 262 GD patients with long enough follow-up after drug withdrawal to determine treatment outcome. The patients were divided into three groups by time of ...