Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: A sporadic association between thyroid and non-organ-specific autoimmunity has been reported, which could be relevant for Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), an autoimmune disease affecting orbital connective tissue. We investigated whether there is an association between GO and anti-nuclear antibodies (ANAs).Methods: We performed a cross-sectional investigation in 265 consecutive patients with Graves’ disease (GD) who came to our observation...