Relation between Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and the Course of Graves' Ophthalmopathy

Bartalena, Luigi; Marcocci, Claudio; Bogazzi, Fausto; Manetti, Luca; Laura Tanda, Maria; Dell'Unto, E; Bruno-Bossio, G; Nardi, Marco; Pia Bartolomei, Maria; Lepri, Antonio; Rossi, Giuseppe; Martino, Enio; Pinchera, Aldo

doi:10.1056/nejm199801083380201

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Relation between Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and the Course of Graves' Ophthalmopathy

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 8, 1998

Authors:

Luigi Bartalena

Claudio Marcocci

Fausto Bogazzi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The chief clinical characteristics of Graves' disease are hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy. The relation between the two and the effect of treatment for hyperthyroidism on ophthalmopathy are unclear. METHODS: We studied 443 patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism and slight or no ophthal...

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Medicine

Prednisone

Graves' ophthalmopathy

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