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ABSTRACT Background and Aim Visual impairment represents a major public health concern, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. In recent years, the global burden of eye diseases and vision impairment has continued to grow. This study aims to investigate the trends in eye and adnexa‐related hospital admissions in Lebanon from 2006 to 2019, as ...
Dany Akiki +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background Thyroid‐associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) may lead to severe exophthalmos and dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON), which can threaten visual function. Orbital decompression surgery is often required when medical therapy is insufficient; however, traditional deep lateral wall decompression techniques remain associated with several ...
Shuo Wu +4 more
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Postural variation of exophthalmometry in Graves′ ophthalmopathy
30 patients with Graves′ ophthalmopathy were subjected to exophthalmometry in the upright and supine positions to determine if the difference in exophthalmometer readings in these two situations are significantly different and would help in ...
Asad Rajvardhan +3 more
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Oxidative stress induces endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) uncoupling and L‐arginine depletion, reducing nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability in vascular endothelium and contributing to decreased retinal capillary density (RCD) in dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON).
Yunhai Tu +12 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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The diagnostic model combining orbital and intracranial MAP‐MRI parameters could significantly optimize diagnostic efficiency of dysthyroid optic neuropathy. Comprehensive MAP‐MRI parameters analysis of the entire visual pathway enables a deeper understanding of disease involvement, provides novel insights into the early accurate diagnosis and ...
Mengsha Zou +7 more
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Teprotumumab for Thyroid Eye Disease: Efficacy and Impact on Orbital Decompression Utilization
Teprotumumab has been proven effective in thyroid eye disease and associated exophthalmos management. Since its FDA approval in 2020, teprotumumab therapy has been a popular choice for managing exophthalmos which has resulted in decreased utilization of orbital decompression surgery, from 36.8% between 2015 and 2020 to 11.1% TED patients between 2020 ...
Nitish Kumar +5 more
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“Influence of Clinically Active Graves’ Ophthalmopathy on Spherical Equivalent and Visual Acuity”
Jasenka Petrovic Jurcevic,1 Marko Jurcevic,2 Mateja Jagic,3 Anamarija Jazbec,4 Kresimir Mandic,5 Jelena Juri Mandic5 1Medical School University of Zagreb, PhD Candidate on the Programme “Biomedicine and Health”, Zagreb, Croatia; 2University of Zagreb ...
Petrovic Jurcevic J +5 more
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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’ ophthalmopathy (GO), also known as thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, is a common potentially vision-threatening organ-specific autoimmune disease and the most common extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves’ disease.
Jingyi Zheng +8 more
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