Randomised double-blind trial of prednisone versus radiotherapy in Graves' ophthalmopathy

The Lancet

Volumn 342, Issue 8877, 1993, Pages 949-954

  Prummel, M F ^a   Berghout, A ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^a   Mourits, M Ph ^a   Koornneef, L ^a   Blank, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEARTBURN; HYPERTENSION; IRRADIATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAVES' DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0027340599     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92001-A     Document Type: Article

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