Total thyroidectomy (Tx) versus thionamides (antithyroid drugs) in patients with moderate-to-severe Graves' ophthalmopathy - a 1-year follow-up: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Graves' disease (GD) is characterized by thyrotoxicosis and goiter and arises through circulating autoantibodies that bind to, and stimulate, the thyroid hormone receptor (TSHR). A temporal relation between the onset of hyperthyroidism and the onset of ophthalmopathy, a common extrathyro...

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Publicado en:Trials Vol. 19; no. 1
Autores principales: Brammen, Lindsay, Riss, Philipp, Lukas, Julius, Gessl, Alois, Dunkler, Daniela, Li, Shuren, Leisser, Asha, Rezar-Dreindl, Sandra, Eibenberger, Katharina, Selberherr, Andreas, Scheuba, Christian, Papp, Andrea
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 9/15/2018
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