Pattern of presentation of Graves disease and response to radioiodine therapy in South African men
INTRODUCTION: Typically hyperthyroidism has been more often associated with the female gender.There is a large female predilection (male:female sex ratio up to 1:10), with little documentation in the literature about wholly male hyperthyroid populations.A male incidence of 0.7 per 100, 000 has been reported for South African men while the women hav