Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound measurements of extraocular muscles in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy at different stages of the disease

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-201

  Lennerstrand, Gunnar ^a   Tian, Suna ^a   Isberg, Bengt ^b   Högbeck, Irene Landau ^a   Bolzani, Roberto ^c   Tallstedt, Leif ^a   Schworm, Hermann ^a,d  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Läkarhuset Odenplan ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extraocular muscle size; Graves' disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy; Ultrasound A scan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 33847004384     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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