title: Graves' disease in a dialysis dependent chronic renal failure patient.
abstract: Thyroid hormone level may be altered in chronic renal failure patients. Low levels of thyroxine protect the body from excess protein loss by minimizing catabolism. Hyperthyroidism is rarely encountered in end-stage dialysis dependent patients. Less than 10 well-documented cases of Graves' disease (GD) are reported in literature so far. We report a case of GD in a patient on dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: M J C
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Babu
keywords: Chronic renal failure; Graves' disease; hyperparathyroidism; hyperthyroidism