The study of visual evoked potentials in patients with thyroid- associated ophthalmopathy identifies asymptomatic optic nerve involvement

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1027-1030

  Salvi, Mario ^c,d   Spaggiari, Elio ^a   Neri, Fabrizio ^a   Macaluso, Claudio ^a   Gardini, Eliana ^e   Ferrozzi, Francesco ^a   Minelli, Roberta ^e   Wall, Jack R ^b   Roti, Elio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYXEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXEDEMA; OPTIC NERVE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0030959917     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.4.1027     Document Type: Article

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