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Orbital gallium-67 scintigraphy in Graves' ophthalmopathy
Assessment of orbital disease activity in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy is important in planning the therapeutic approach. In this study, orbital uptake of gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67) was evaluated in 46 consecutive patients demonstrating active or
Arslan, M +7 more
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Endoscopic orbital decompression in Graves ophthalmopathy - Case report
Graves ophthalmopathy, an autoimmune disease, associated with hypermetabolism, enlargement of the thyroid gland and exophthalmia are the most frequent expressions of Graves’ disease, which often require surgical treatment.
Tatiana Decuseara +5 more
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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the percentage of CD4+/CD8+ peripheral T cells expressing CD62L+ and CD54+ in patients with Graves' disease and to assess if these estimations could be helpful as markers of active ophthalmopathy.
Alina Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk +4 more
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Advances in treatment of active, moderate-to-severe Graves' ophthalmopathy
Graves' ophthalmopathy is defined as autoimmune inflammation of extraocular muscles and orbital fat or connective tissue, usually in patients with Graves' disease.
Wiersinga, Wilmar M.
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Purpose: Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) involves autoimmune process resulting in proptosis, congestion, oedema and diplopia. Werner's NOSPECS classification and clinical activity score (CAS) of GO cannot objectively describe the inflammatory status. Digital
施翔蓉;李弘元;蕭永廉;張天鈞 +1 more
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HLA-DR4 associated response to corticosteroids in Graves' ophthalmopathy patients
Fifty-seven patients with severe Graves' ophthalmopathy were treated with corticosteroids. Therapeutic outcome was assessed according to predetermined criteria as response (n = 37) or non-response (n = 20) to therapy.
D'Amaro, J. +8 more
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Bilateral severe Graves’ ophthalmopathy exacerbated by Ethiopian folk medicine: A case report
This case report discusses a 48-year-old Ethiopian patient with Graves’ ophthalmopathy who turned to an Ethiopian folk remedy involving medicinal smoke, leading to the exacerbation of Graves’ ophthalmopathy.
Konstantin Yaakov Gushansky +2 more
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Euthyroid Graves' Ophthalmopathy With Negative Autoantibodies
Graves' disease is an autoimmune-based hyperthyroidism in which a number of different antibodies directed against thyroid tissue plays a role. Graves' ophthalmopathy is thought to be a consequence of this autoimmune basis and occurs in some ...
Çakır, Mehtap
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In patients with Graves\u27 ophthalmopathy muscle enlargement is due to the deposition of mucopolysccharides, fibrosis, mononuclear cell infiltration, and edema. The exact etiology of tills change is not known, but is thought to be on an autoimmune basis.
Robert A. Egan
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Jack R Wall,1 Hooshang Lahooti,1 Ilhem El Kochairi,1 Simon D Lytton,2 Bernard Champion1 1Department of Medicine, the University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia; 2SeraDiaLogistics, Munich, Germany Abstract: Although ophthalmopathy is mainly ...
Wall JR +4 more
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