Association of Graves' disease and thymic hyperplasia and the role of TSH receptor antibodies in T cell development
Completed
- Conditions
- thymus hyperplasieHyperthyroidism10043739
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Graves' disease
radioactive iodine treatment
Exclusion Criteria
use of corticosteroids
older than 50 years of age
psychiatric diseases
pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Presence of thymic hyperplasia.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Increase of naive T cells in the blood.<br /><br>Increase in TRECs in the blood.</p><br>