Management of Graves' orbitopathy in Latin America: An international questionnaire study compared with Europe

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-956

  Ramos, Helton E ^a   Diehl, Leandro A ^b   Camacho, Cleber P ^c   Perros, Petros ^d   Graf, Hans ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; STEROID; THIAMAZOLE;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSTHYROID OPTIC NEUROPATHY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EUROPE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LATIN AMERICA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 55949099252     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03289.x     Document Type: Article

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