A systematic review of quality of thyroid-specific health-related quality of life instruments recommends ThyPRO for patients with benign thyroid diseases [PDF]
Objective: To appraise the measurement properties of thyroid-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments, and to provide recommendations on the choice of HRQOL instruments.
Lam, CLK, Lang, HHB, Wong, CKH
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Background Graves’ disease is a common autoimmune inflammatory condition of the thyroid. About one in four of affected patients also develop orbital symptoms like exophthalmos, proptosis and diplopia - called Graves’ Ophthalmopathy.
Andrea Rau +4 more
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Introduction Intravenous glucocorticoids pulse therapy is the first-line treatment for moderate-to-severe and active Graves’ ophthalmopathy, with a large proportion of patients having poor efficacy and exposed to the risk of glucocorticoids adverse ...
Jing Sun +4 more
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Comparative analysis of dosimetric parameters of three different radiation techniques for patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy treated with retro-orbital irradiation [PDF]
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Au, GKH +6 more
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The article is to overview papers: Effect of vitamin C on the absorption of levothyroxine in patients with hypothyroidism and gastritis. Management of neonates born to women with Graves’ disease: a cohort study.
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Manuylova +1 more
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Oftalmopatía tiroidea: determinación de parámetros de actividad clínica de la oftalmopatía tiroidea como factor pronóstico de respuesta al tratamiento inmunosupresor [PDF]
Objective: To determine the usefulness of the clinical, biochemical and thyroid imaging parameters in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, in predicting their response to immunosuppressive treatment.
Belzunce, A. (Arnaldo) +4 more
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Background Ocular myasthenia gravis and Graves’ ophthalmopathy are autoimmune diseases that are mediated by membrane receptors and share many identical clinical processes.
Jingqun Tang, Chao Qin
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Graves’ Ophthalmopathy as an Indication Increased the Risk of Hypoparathyroidism After Bilateral Thyroidectomy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Studies have evaluated the effect of thyroidectomy on the course of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) but it is unclear how GO as an indication might affect surgical outcomes.
Lang, BHH, Wong, KP
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Clinical and Radiological Findings in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
Background. Graves’ ophthalmopathy is the most common extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves’ disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical ophthalmological and MRI findings in newly diagnosed Graves’ ophthalmopathy. Methods.
Yakup Cevik +4 more
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Graves' disease is associated with a defective expression of the immune regulatory molecule galectin-9 in antigen-presenting dendritic cells [PDF]
Introduction Patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) show defects in their immune-regulatory mechanisms. Herein we assessed the expression and function of galectin-1 and galectin-9 (Gal-1, Gal-9) in dendritic cells (DCs) from patients with ...
Ana Ramos-Levi +37 more
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