Total thyroidectomy for the treatment of recurrent graves' disease with ophthalmopathy

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-118

  Nart, Ahmet ^a,b   Uslu, Adam ^a   Aykas, Ahmet ^a   Yüzbaşiog̈lu, Fatih ^a   Doǧan, Murat ^a   Demirtaş, Özgür ^a   Şimşek, Cenk ^a  

^a Izmir Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Bozyaka E itim ve Ara tirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Ophthalmopathy; Thyroidectomy; Tsh receptor antibody

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749106670     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(08)60070-6     Document Type: Article

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