Severe thyroid-associated orbitopathy in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Report of 2 cases

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-348

  Yoshihara, Ai ^a   Noh, Jaeduk Yoshimura ^a   Nakachi, Ayako ^a   Ohye, Hidemi ^a   Sato, Shiori ^a   Sekiya, Kenichi ^a   Kosuga, Yuka ^a   Suzuki, Miho ^a   Matsumoto, Masako ^a   Kunii, Yo ^a   Mukasa, Koji ^a   Inoue, Yoichi ^b   Ito, Kunihiko ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a ITO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Olympia Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Thyroid associated orbitopathy; Thyrotropin receptor antibody

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISONE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PREDNISONE; THYROXINE;

EID: 79958026407     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K11E-019     Document Type: Article

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