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The pathogenesis and treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is probably an autoimmune condition although the pathogenesis is still not fully understood. GO is frequently, though not invariably, associated with Graves' disease and it may in fact be a separate disease entity. Ophthalmopathy is commonest in the 30 to 50 age group",2'3 and is more common in women (2:1, female:male), although the female preponderance is not so mar...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and experimental thyroidology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2310-3787,1995-5472
DOI: 10.14341/ket20106316-23