Thyroid eye disease most prevalent in African American, white patients

Researchers found the highest prevalence of thyroid eye disease in African American and white patients in an evaluation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry.
“New findings include racial variation with a younger age in Asians, Hispanics and African Americans compared with Caucasian patients, as well a normal distribution of age rather than the classically described bimodal distribution,” Sathyadeepak Ramesh, MD, said at the virtual American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting.
Ramesh and colleagues evaluated the epidemiological

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