Application of digital infrared thermal imaging in determining inflammatory state and follow-up effect of methylprednisolone pulse therapy in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Chang, Tien Chun ^a   Hsiao, Yung Lien ^a   Liao, Shu Lang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graves' ophthalmopathy; Inflammation; Infrared thermal imaging; Methylprednisolone pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL THERMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOWER EYELID; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; INFRARED RAYS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 36448953466     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0643-0     Document Type: Article

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