A new study highlights the complexities of anti-TSH-receptor antibody function and the differences between adult and paediatric patients with Graves disease, adding to the controversy regarding the possible role of these antibodies in the development of ophthalmopathy.
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Wall, J. Pathogenesis of Graves ophthalmopathy—a role for TSH-R?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 256–258 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.37
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