| Journal Call no. | R644.H63J573 |
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| Author | Lai, S. T. |
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| Article Title | Graves' disease in a chronic hepatitis C patient not receiving interferon theraphy / ST Lai and W Chiu. |
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| Is Part Of | Hong Kong medical journal ; v.2, no.1, Mar 1996, p.104-106. |
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| Abstract | Various forms of thyroid disease and abnormal thyroid test results have been reported in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients after starting interferon-alpha therapy. Graves' disease, a less common form of interferon-alpha-induced thyroid dysfunction, has also been well described. However, there is a high prevalence of abnormal thyroid tests in patients with chronic HCV even before interferon-alpha therapy has been commenced although overt hyperthyroidism is rarely reported. Reference has been made of some cases of conicidental occurrence of hyperthyroidism and viral hepatitis. The authors present what they believe to be the first local report of Graves' disease in a patient with established chronic HCV infection not related to interferon-alpha therapy. |
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