Endocrine Abstracts

In order to assess the frequency and timing of recurrence in a group of patients with Graves’ disease and the predictors of recurrence, 197 patients were sampled, who were first seen in the OCDEM clinic in either 2001 or 2002 and put on anti-thyroid medication. Graves’ disease was diagnosed by the presence of low TSH levels ± symmetrical goitre ± uniform radioactive iodine uptake ± eye disease ± high levels of thyroid hormones. Patients with <...