Precision Medicine in Graves' Disease and Ophthalmopathy

• Main Authors: Giusy Elia (Author), Poupak Fallahi (Author), Francesca Ragusa (Author), Sabrina Rosaria Paparo (Author), Valeria Mazzi (Author), Salvatore Benvenga (Author), Alessandro Antonelli (Author), Silvia Martina Ferrari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Graves' disease (GD) is a condition caused by an autoimmune process involving the thyroid gland, whose main outcome is hyperthyroidism. TSAb start the autoimmune process stimulating the overproduction of thyroid hormones. In addition, TSAb can stimulate TSH-R expressed in fibroblasts and orbita...