Objective. The aim of the study was to assess visual acuity, refractive status, and eye proptosis in children and young adults with Graves' disease. Material and Methods. We have done investigations of visual acuity, refraction, and eye proptosis in 16 children, 14 teenagers, and 49 adults with Graves' disease at Eye Clinic of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Medical Academy. Data were ...

Thyroid microsomal antibody (MsAb) was estimated in 48 patients with Graves' disease (15 newly diagnosed, 15 on drugs for about 4 weeks and 18 euthyroid with drug treatment) and twenty age and sex matched controls. The diagnosis of Graves' disease (GD) was based on clinical history, physical examination and thyroid function tests, viz. 131I uptake, thyroid scintigram and serum T3, T4 and TSH le...

To evaluate the incidence of stress and depression in Graves ́ disease, given the presence or absence of exophthalmos and its relation to gender and age, in adults attending a free university healthcare service in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This was a cohort study. Adult individuals with a diagnosis of Graves' disease were studied, from both genders, divided into two groups according to the presence or ...

This text discusses reuse and modifications of older graves in southern Sweden during the Late Iron Age early medieval period (c. 9th to 12th centu- ries AD). Post-burial practices have general been interpreted as means nego- tiate status, identity rights land, while later part they are comprehended expressions religious insecurity syncretism. In this text, continuity post-burial whole is stres...