Relationships of orbital computed tomographic findings and activity scores to the prognosis of corticosteroid therapy in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-304

  Chang, Tien Chun ^a,c   Huang, Kou Mou ^b   Hsiao, Yung Lien ^a   Tzeng, Shiaw Shen ^b   Kao, Shine C S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activity score; Corticosteroid therapy; Graves' ophthalmopathy; Orbital computed tomography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

EID: 0030832384     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00779.x     Document Type: Article

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