THEORIES OF CAUSATION OF GRAVES-DISEASE - A HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE

Authors
SAWIN CT
Citation
Ct. Sawin, THEORIES OF CAUSATION OF GRAVES-DISEASE - A HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE, Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 27(1), 1998, pp. 63
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
08898529
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8529(1998)27:1<63:TOCOG->2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
There have been many theories regarding the origin or etiology oi the peculiar disorder Robert James Graves first described in 1834. This ar ticle is a chronological discussion of the main ideas and the eras in which they were prominent, including the cardiac, neural, thyroid, pit uitary, and modern eras.