An infant case of graves' disease with ophthalmopathy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Kubo, Toshihide ^a   Shimizu, Junya ^a   Furujo, Mahoko ^a   Takeuchi, Akihito ^a   Yoshioka Iwaso, Haruna ^a   Eguchi, Naohiko ^a   Fukuhara, Shinichi ^a   Koyama, Teruhisa ^a   Kanadani, Tomohisa ^a   Shiraga, Hiroshi ^a   Oshima, Koh Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gr aves' ophthalmopathy; Infant; Methylprednisolone pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTRIX; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; ENTROPION; ERYTHEMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; INCREASED APPETITE; IRRITABILITY; KERATITIS; LACRIMATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTROPION; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TEARS;

EID: 27744563439     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.647     Document Type: Article

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