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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bartalena, Luigi
• Marcocci, Claudio
• Bogazzi, Fausto
• Manetti, Luca
• Tanda, Maria Laura
• Dell'Unto, Enrica
• Bruno-Bossio, Gabriella
• Nardi, Marco
• Bartolomei, Maria Pia
• Lepri, Antonio
• Rossi, Giuseppe
• Martino, Enio
• Pinchera, Aldo

Titel

Relation between Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and the Course of Graves' Ophthalmopathy

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1998-01, Vol.338 (2), p.73-78

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The relation between the treatment of hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease and the course of Graves' ophthalmopathy is a matter of controversy. 1 Antithyroid-drug treatment appears not to be associated with the development or worsening of preexisting eye disease. 2 The effect of thyroidectomy is less clear, but in general it probably does not induce or worsen eye disease. 3 – 5 In contrast, the effects of radioiodine therapy are less clear; ocular improvement, worsening of eye disease, and no change have been reported in different studies. 4 To address this question, we undertook a prospective, randomized study of the effects of the treatment of . . .