The use of colour slides in the assessment of changes in soft-tissue involvement in Graves' ophthalmopathy

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 459-462

  Gerding, M N ^a   Prummel, M F ^a   Kalmann, R ^a   Koornneef, L ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graves'ophthalmopathy; NOSPECS class II; Soft tissue involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

EID: 0031726097     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347327     Document Type: Article

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