Clinical criteria for the assessment of disease activity in Graves' ophthalmopathy: A novel approach

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 639-644

  Mourits, M Ph ^a   Koornneef, L ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^b   Prummel, M F ^b   Berghout, A ^b   V D Gaag, R ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAVES' DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0024406924     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.73.8.639     Document Type: Article

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