William Miller Ord
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In 1879 he described Ord's thyroiditis
Ord's thyroiditis
Ord's thyroiditis is a common form of thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease where the body's own antibodies fight the cells of the thyroid. It is named after the physician, William Miller Ord, who first described it in 1877 and again in 1888...
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Publications
- On Myxoedema, a term proposed to be applied to an essential condition in the cretinoid infection observed in middle aged women. Transactions of The Medical - Chirurgical Society Of London 1878; 61: 57
- Report of a committee of the Clinical Society of London nominated December 14, 1883, to investigate the subject of myxoedema. Trans. Clin. Soc. Lond. 1888; 21 (Suppl)