Relation between Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and the Course of Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Open Access
- 8 January 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (2), 73-78
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199801083380201
Abstract
The chief clinical characteristics of Graves' disease are hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy. The relation between the two and the effect of treatment for hyperthyroidism on ophthalmopathy are unclear.Keywords
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