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- Faye Kokotos, MD
- Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Bronx, NY
Hyperthyroidism results from overactivity of the thyroid gland. The clinical manifestation of excessive thyroid hormone is thyrotoxicosis, which in more than 95% of childhood and adolescent cases is the consequence of diffuse thyroid hyperplasia (Graves disease). Other causes of thyrotoxicosis include the early phase of autoimmune hypothyroidism (Hashimoto thyroiditis) before thyroid function is diminished; a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule; pituitary resistance to thyroxine …
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