Two cases of refractory endocrine ophthalmopathy successfully treated with extracorporeal immunoadsorption

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-146

  Prophet, Heinrich ^a,b   Matic, Goran B ^a   Winkler, Roland E ^a   Tiess, Michael ^a   Chneidewind, Jana Marie ^a   Hebestreit, Gabriele ^a   Michelsen, Ann ^a   Ramlow, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Dialyse Gemeinschaft Nord eV   (Germany)

^b Dialysegemeinschaft Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diplopia; Exophthalmos; Graves' disease; Immunoadsorption; Photophobia; Plasmapheresis; Thyroid antibodies

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0035016631     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2001.005002142.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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