Increased frequency of euthyroid ophthalmopathy in patients with Graves' disease associated with myasthenia gravis

Thyroid

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 799-802

  Marino, M ^a   Barbesino, G ^a   Pinchera, A ^a   Manetti, L ^a   Ricciardi, R ^a   Rossi, B ^a   Muratorio, A ^a   Braverman, L E ^b   Mariotti, S ^c   Chiovato, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0033775343     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2000.10.799     Document Type: Article

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