The application of temperature measurement of the eyes by digital infrared thermal imaging as a prognostic factor of methylprednisolone pulse therapy for Graves' ophthalmopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Shih, Shyang Rong ^a,b   Li, Hung Yuan ^a   Hsiao, Yung Lien ^a   Chang, Tien Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graves' ophthalmopathy; infrared; methylprednisolone; prognosis; thermal

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER EYELID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER EYELID;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; EYE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; ROC CURVE; THERMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954634366     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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