Exophthalmos of patients with Graves' disease in Chinese of Taiwan

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-573

  Tsai, C C ^a,b   Kau, H C ^b,c   Kao, S C ^a,b   Hsu, W M ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exophthalmos; Graves' disease; Hertel's exophthalmometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33646390984     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701925     Document Type: Article

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