Reliability of exophthalmos measurement and the exophthalmometry value distribution in a healthy Dutch population and in Graves' patients. An exploratory study

Orbit

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Mourits, Maarten Ph ^a   Lombardo, S H C ^a   Van Der Sluijs, F A ^a   Fenton, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exophthalmometry; Graves' orbitopathy; Hertel measurement; Proptosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOMETRY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HERTEL EXOPHTHALMOMETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 6344247585     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830490504089     Document Type: Article

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