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SUBMITTER: Li YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7553964 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20201013 1
We aimed to assess the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in patients with Graves' disease. In the cross-sectional assessments, 81 patients with drug-naïve Graves' disease and 235 with euthyroidism were enrolled. ABI and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) levels were assessed. In the prospective follow-up, 32 patients with Graves' disease were assessed again after antithyroid drugs for at least 4 weeks, and 32 age- and sex-matched controls with euthyroidism were also followed up. Patients with G ...[more]