The thyroid function of Graves' disease patients is aggravated by depressive personality during antithyroid drug treatment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We previously reported that depressive personality (the scores of hypochondriasis, depression and psychasthenia determined by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)) and daily hassles of Graves' disease (GD) pati...

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Main Authors: Miyauchi Akira, Kubota Sumihisa, Takamatsu Junta, Fukao Atsushi, Hanafusa Toshiaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Online Access:http://www.bpsmedicine.com/content/5/1/9