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New TED Study

May 16, 2013



The Patient Recruiting Agency™ announces the recruitment for a medical research study of individuals with thyroid eye disease associated with Graves’ disease (also called Graves’ orbitopathy).

This research study will involve 84 patients with thyroid eye disease across approximately 20 study centers in the United States. Study participants must be 18 to 75 years of age and must have had symptoms of thyroid eye disease for fewer than six months. To qualify, participants must have ...

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  • New TED Study

    May 16, 2013



    The Patient Recruiting Agency™ announces the recruitment for a medical research study of individuals with thyroid eye disease associated with Graves’ disease (also called Graves’ orbitopathy).

    This research study will involve 84 patients with thyroid eye disease across approximately 20 study centers in the United States. Study participants must be 18 to 75 years of age and must have had symptoms of thyroid eye disease for fewer than six months. To qualify, participants must have ...

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  • GTG 2013!

    Feb. 4, 2013

    In 2011, Michaela Cui founded the Greater Than Graves' project, biking 3200 miles from Anchorage, AK to San Francisco, CA with friends Chris Doudna and Ben Weerts.  In 2012, the tradition was continued when Elias McQuade, Keating Tufts, David Britton, and David Casinghino embarked on a coast-to-coast trek from Boston, MA to San Francisco.  Now you can show the world you are Greater Than Graves' -- and you don't have to bike thousands of miles ...

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  • TED Survey

    Sept. 5, 2012

    Have you received a new diagnosis of Thyroid Eye Disease within the last 12 months?  Please click here to complete a short, anonymous survey designed to help improve the future standard of care for TED patients.

    The Amsterdam Declaration was signed by 87 international professional and patient organizations in 2009-2010 with the goal of helping patients with Thyroid Eye Disease receive a more timely diagnosis and referral to specialist care, support for smoking cessation, and ...

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