The efficacy of radiation therapy in the treatment of graves' orbitopathy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Matthiesen, Chance ^a   Thompson, J Spencer ^a   Thompson, David ^b   Farris, Bradley ^c   Wilkes, Byron ^c   Ahmad, Salahuddin ^a   Herman, Terence ^a   Bogardus Jr , Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Graves' orbitopathy; Orbital radiation; Orbital reirradiation; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE RESPONSE; DRY EYE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES; GRAVES' ORBITOPATHY; INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES; OCULAR SYMPTOMS; PARTIAL RESPONSE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; REIRRADIATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; TREATMENT MODALITY;

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; STABILIZATION; TISSUE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIPLOPIA; DRY EYE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBITAL RADIATION; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955162999     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.053     Document Type: Article

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