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Treatment of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy : Comparison between radiotherapy with concurrent steroids and three floor orbital decompression

Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2013
Thyroid associated orbitopathy is a common manifestation of Graves’ disease. There are many options which can be considered for treatment of this condition.
Asok Kumar Saha, Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Soumik Das, Niladri Chakraborty, Subhasish Saha   +4 more
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Biological effects of thyrotropin receptor activation on human orbital dreadipocytes [PDF]

, 2006
purpose. Thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) expression is upregulated in the orbits of patients with Graves ophthalmopathy (GO), most of whom have TSHR-stimulating antibodies.
Baker, Glynn, Fuhrer, Dagmar, Janus, Dominika, Ludgate, Marian, Paddon, Carol A., Zhang, Lei   +5 more
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Association of polymorphism in genes encoding κB inhibitors (IκB) with susceptibility to and phenotype of Graves' disease: a case-control study [PDF]

, 2009
Background Genes related to the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), a key transcription factor involved in regulation of immune responses, are interesting candidates for association studies in autoimmune disorders.
Alina Kurylowicz, Piotr Miśkiewicz, Ewa Bar-Andziak, Janusz Nauman, Tomasz Bednarczuk   +4 more
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Increased percentage of L-selectin+ and ICAM-1+ peripheral blood CD4+/CD8+ T cells in active Graves' ophthalmopathy. [PDF]

, 2009
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.
A Bossowski, A De Bellis, A Heufelder, A Kretowski, A Modelska-Ziolkiewicz, A Pappa, A Pappa, Alina Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk, Anna Stasiak-Barmuta, G Foerster, G Kulig, G Liu, I Wakelkamp, I Wakelkamp, J Aniszewski, J Mysliwiec, Janusz Mysliwiec, L Bartalena, M Kazim, Maria Gorska, N Xia, P Boulos, Przemysław Pawlowski, R Bahn, S Yan, W Wiersinga   +25 more
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Update on the medical treatment of Graves’ ophthalmopathy

International Journal of General Medicine, 2009
Gregory J Griepentrog, James A GarrityDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USAPurpose: To review recent advances in the understanding of Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) pathogenesis as well as discuss current and future medical ...
Gregory J Griepentrog, James A Garrity
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Síndrome metabólico [PDF]

, 2015
El síndrome metabólico es un conjunto de factores de riesgo, que requieren la presencia de obesidad de predominio central, dislipemia, hipertensión arterial y resistencia a la insulina, todos ellos, predictores de enfermedad cardiovascular y diabetes ...
Güemes-Hidalgo, M., Muñoz-Calvo, M. T.
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Unexpected conversion from hypothyroidism to an euthyroid state due to Graves’ disease in a patient with an ectopic thyroid [PDF]

, 2013
A 15-year-old woman was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and unilateral ectopic thyroid. Levothyroxine treatment was introduced; however, the patient was non-compliant and took the medication irregularly.
Aleksandra Hernik, Ewelina Szczepanek-Parulska, Marek Ruchala   +2 more
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[Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy].

Acta medica portuguesa, 2006
Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy is an uncommon disease, characterized by a diffuse inflammation of the orbit in a bilateral and asymmetric pattern, causing proptosis and swelling of the eyelids and conjuntiva. In 90% of the patients it is associated with Graves' disease, however it may occur with hipothyroidism or even without thyroid disease. During
José Luís, Metello, Margarita, González, Rosário, Eusébio, Vítor, Rocha   +3 more
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Two walls versus three wall orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To assess whether three-wall surgical orbital decompression confers any benefit over two-wall surgical orbital decompression in terms of decrease in proptosis and new-onset diplopia.
Haissan Iftikhar, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Syed Akbar Abbas, Zohra Lassi, Jai Das, Shahzada Ahmed   +5 more
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Long-term follow-up of seven patients with ophthalmopathy not associated with thyroid autoimmunity: heterogeneity of autoimmune ophthalmopathy

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012
Tom McCorquodale,1 Hooshang Lahooti,1 Bamini Gopinath,2 Jack R Wall11Department of Medicine, Nepean Clinical School, the University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia; 2Centre for Vision Research, the University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead ...
McCorquodale T, Lahooti H, Gopinath B, Wall JR   +3 more
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