Svensk definition
Hypertyreos med diffus, hyperplastisk struma, till följd av produktion av antikroppar mot receptorn för tyreoidea-stimulerande hormon (TSH-receptorn).
Graves Disease
Giftstruma
Engelsk definition
A common form of hyperthyroidism with a diffuse hyperplastic GOITER. It is an autoimmune disorder that produces antibodies against the THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR. These autoantibodies activate the TSH receptor, thereby stimulating the THYROID GLAND and hypersecretion of THYROID HORMONES. These autoantibodies can also affect the eyes (GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY) and the skin (Graves dermopathy).
Svenska synonymer
Basedows sjukdom — Graves' sjukdom
Engelska synonymer
Disease, Graves — Basedow Disease — Disease, Basedow — Graves' Disease — Disease, Graves' — Exophthalmic Goiter — Exophthalmic Goiters — Goiters, Exophthalmic — Goiter, Exophthalmic — Hyperthyroidism, Autoimmune — Basedow's Disease — Basedows Disease — Disease, Basedow's