Graves disease

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Also Known As	exophthalmic goitre • toxic diffuse goitre

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autoimmunity hyperthyroidism organ-specific autoimmune disease goitre Hashimoto disease Plummer disease celiac disease alopecia areata Sjögren syndrome

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Robert James Graves

Irish physician

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