TY  - JOUR
T1  - COexisting thyroid disease and myasthenia gravis
AU  - Stoffer SS
Y1  - 1979/11/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03300220014010
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2394
EP  - 2394
VL  - 242
IS  - 22
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    Two years ago we had a patient with Graves' disease and coexisting myasthenia gravis who showed development of life-threatening respiratory crisis. This case stimulated our interest, and for the first time, we carefully examined all of our patients with thyroid disease specifically to exclude the possibility of myasthenia gravis. Although we had two known cases of myasthenia gravis in the first 16 years of clinical thyroid practice, we have "discovered" 18 cases in the past two years that were previously missed by us or other physicians.The age range for this group was 28 to 54 years. Fourteen patients were women and four were men. The sex ratio was not different from that observed in our thyroid practice population.1 Thirteen patients had coexisting Graves' disease, and five had Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Interestingly, the occurrence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis is probably more frequent in our thyroid practice than Graves' disease.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03300220014010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03300220014010
ER  -