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bose
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04/22/05 - 10:58 PM

Which of the following is more specific of Graves Disease?

a) Hair changes
b) Lid changes and stare
c) Tremors and restlessness
e) Skin changes
f) Hyperreflexia

Hamidi
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04/22/05 - 11:07 PM

b..LID CHANGE AND STARE

drshabs
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04/22/05 - 11:48 PM

skin changes

dev
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04/23/05 - 12:41 AM

lid chnages and stare

Dot
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04/23/05 - 05:46 AM

LID CHANGE AND STARE[i think only seen in graves]SOME OF THE SIGN-
von grafes,mobious,Stalwarthy(STARING LOOK).

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bose
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04/23/05 - 06:25 AM

drshabs, you got it right! Graves has exopthalmos (eyeball protrusion), but not lid changes. Ofcourse I picked lid changes but it was wrong. The Again this Q is from Kaplan QBank.

Correct answer is Skin Changes - pretibial myxedema, very specific fro Graves.

ayeshah_l
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04/23/05 - 11:45 AM

isn't pretibial myxedema present in hypothyroidism as well??

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