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Goiter in the Qing Dynasty.

Shijie Yang1,2, Xiequn Xu3

  • 1Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Hormones (Athens, Greece)
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Historical photographs suggest Empress Dowager Cixi and Imperial Concubine Jin may have had goiter. This study offers a medical interpretation of their potential thyroid conditions based on visual evidence.

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  • Historical Photography Analysis

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  • Empress Dowager Cixi was the de facto ruler of China's Qing Dynasty.
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