Ophthalmopathy in childhood Graves' disease
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Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
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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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.7.740