PERIPHERAL-BLOOD LEUKOCYTES IN THYROTOXICOSIS (GRAVES-DISEASE) AS STUDIED BY CONVENTIONAL LIGHT-MICROSCOPY

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (2) , 216-221
Abstract
Peripheral blood leukocyte counts in 104 thyrotoxic (Graves'' disease) patients were compared with those in 107 normal subjects of similar age and sex. The thyrotoxic patients had a significant leukopenia with an aboslute and relative neutropenia. They also had a relative lymphocytosis, but the absolute lymphocyte count was within normal limits. The relative and absolute monocyte counts were normal. [The immunopathological nature of this disease is discussed.].