The psychosocial and clinical outcomes following orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease and predictors of change in quality of life [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: Thyroid eye disease (TED) has been found to reduce quality of life for many patients due to changes in their appearance and vision, although some appear to adjust better than others. This study was designed to investigate whether a patient’s
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Autoimmune Diseases: Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets
MedComm, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025.This review provides a comprehensive overview of common autoimmune diseases, details clinical manifestations and summarizes the pathogenesis, including the breakdown of immune tolerance, initiation of autoimmune responses, and their progressive amplification.
Xiaoshuang Song +9 more
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Patients’ Expectations of the Functional and Psychosocial Outcomes of Orbital Decompression Surgery for Thyroid Eye Disease: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
, 2017 Patients with appearance-altering conditions may be dissatisfied with the outcomes of reconstructive surgery due to unmet expectations. This study explored patients’ expectations of orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease (TED) and whether ...
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Endoscopic Orbital Decompression for Graves’ Orbitopathy – A Vietnam Study
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 Thi My Hanh Pham,1,2 Chien Thang Nguyen,1 Quoc Tung Mai,2 Thi Huong Giang Bui,2 Dung Hoa Do,2 Peter McCluskey,3 Trong Van Pham2 1Department of Ophthalmology, 103 Military Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Hanoi Medical University ...
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2017 Background Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is an autoimmune condition, which is associated with poor clinical outcomes including impaired quality of life and socio-economic status.
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Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose. To study the clinical significance of the Graves’ orbitopathy-specific quality of life (GO-QOL) questionnaire in mainland Chinese patients. Methods.
Peng Zeng +6 more
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Case series of dermopathy in autoimmune thyroid disease [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik Specijalne Bolnice za Bolesti Štitaste Žlezde i Bolesti Metabolizma "Zlatibor"Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease that can affect other tissues in addition to the thyroid gland. The clinical manifestations are a result of the impact of TSH receptor antibodies.
Janić Tamara +8 more
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Effect of Botulinum Toxin-A Injection on Intraocular Pressure and Proptosis in Thyroid Associated Orbitopathy [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of extraocular muscle injection of botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) on intraocular pressure (IOP) and proptosis in patients with ocular motility disturbances in thyroid associated orbitopathy (TAO).
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Building the case for insulin-like growth factor receptor-I involvement in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy [PDF]
, 2017 The pathogenesis of orbital Graves' disease (GD), a process known as thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), remains incompletely understood. The thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) represents the central autoantigen involved in GD and has been proposed as the ...
Janssen, J.A.M.J.L. (Joop) +1 more
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The clinical tomographic interconnection in diplopia of patients with Graves' orbitopathy
Клиническая и экспериментальная тиреоидология, 2012 There was investigated the relationship between the clinical features of the diplopia in patients with the Graves’ orbitopathy and the specific signs of the orbit obtained by the multi-slice CT scanning in the study.
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