Graves' disease [SEP] named after
Graves' disease occurs in about 0.5% of people. It occurs about 7.5 times more often in women than in men. Often it starts between the ages of 40 and 60. It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States (about 50 to 80% of cases).
History.
Graves' disease owes its name to the Irish doctor Robert James Graves, who described a case of goiter with exophthalmos in 1835. Medical eponyms are often styled nonpossessively; thus Graves' disease and Graves disease
List of eponymously named medical signs
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
Numerous additional signs can be found for Graves disease under Graves' ophthalmopathy.
See also.
- Medical eponyms
- Pathognomonic
- List of medical triads and pentads