Motor neurone disease and hyperthyroid Graves' disease: a chance association?
The presentation of a 56-year-old woman with coexisting hyperthyroid Graves' disease and motor neurone disease is described. Circulating immune complexes were detected in the serum of seven patients with motor neurone disease (five cases) or primary lateral sclerosis (two cases), including a man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
D000368:Aged; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000276:immunology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies