Effect of Octreotide Treatment on Graves' Ophthalmopathy.
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Effect of octreotide treatment on Graves' ophthalmopathy.
In this study, nine patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy with positive clinical activity score (CAS), who were either unresponsive or not suitable for glucocorticoid treatment, were given 100 microg of octreotide three times daily, subcutaneously, for three months. The mean age was 49+/-13 years. All patients were under either propylthiouracil or methimazole therapy and were euthyroid for at le...
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Copyright © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 40-year-old woman who recently received a diagnosis of Graves’ disease comes for a follow-up visit. She has been taking methimazole, at a dose of 10 mg daily, and is now euthyroid, but for the past 3 months, she has had bothersome eye symptoms, including redness, tearing, grittiness, photophobia, diplopia at the extremes of gaze, and ocular pain...
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PURPOSE To review recent advances in the understanding of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) pathogenesis as well as discuss current and future medical management strategies. DESIGN Interpretive essay. METHODS Literature review and interpretation. RESULTS Medical treatment of GO has slowly evolved during the past few decades and has been hampered by a poor understanding of the disease at a cellu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0918-8959,1348-4540
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.573