A cell type that causes significant scarring in lung disease appears to have a similar effect in Graves' disease, University of Michigan Health System researchers have found. The cells, called fibrocytes, are present at a higher than normal frequency in patients with Graves' disease, according to a new study, the first to associate fibrocytes with this autoimmune disease. The discovery is a major step forward in explaining how and why the orbit of the eye is subject to scarring and inflammation in Graves' disease... 
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