Open AccessGraves′ disease in a dialysis dependent chronic renal failure patient
Author(s) -
C. Gopalakrishnan Nair,
Pradeep Jacob,
Riju Ramachandran,
Merin Babu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.136891
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , chronic renal failure , catabolism , disease , thyroid , end stage renal disease , hormone , chronic renal disease , intensive care medicine , metabolism
Thyroid hormone level may be altered in chronic renal failure patients. Low levels of thyroxine protect the body from excess protein loss by minimizing catabolism. Hyperthyroidism is rarely encountered in end-stage dialysis dependent patients. Less than 10 well-documented cases of Graves' disease (GD) are reported in literature so far. We report a case of GD in a patient on dialysis.