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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI105938
1National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
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Published December 1, 1968 - More info
The excretion of mucopolysaccharides normally found in urine (chondroitin, chondroitin sulfates A and C, keratosulfate, and heparitin sulfate) is increased approximately twofold in patients with progresive exophthalmos. A threefold elevation of total serum mucopolysaccharides is also found. These increases are unrelated to thyroid function.