A case of hypothyroid Graves' disease following external radiation therapy to the cervical region

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-361

  Nishihara, Eijun ^a   Fukata, Shuji ^a   Kimura, Nobuhiko ^b   Hagihara, Masahiro ^a   Kudo, Takumi ^a   Ohye, Hidemi ^a   Ito, Mitsuru ^a   Kubota, Sumihisa ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Iwakuni Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

External radiation therapy; Graves' ophthalmopathy; Hypothyroid Graves' disease; TBII; TSAb

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYELID EDEMA; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROID GRAVES DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIPLOPIA; GRAVES DISEASE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745619528     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K05-117     Document Type: Article

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