Radiotherapy for Graves' orbitopathy: randomised placebo-controlled study

The best treatment (steroids, irradiation, or both) for moderately severe Graves' orbitopathy, a self-limiting disease is not known. We tested the efficacy of extemal beam irradiation compared with sham-irradiation. In a double-blind randomised clinical trial, 30 patients with moderately severe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2000-04, Vol.355 (9214), p.1505-1509
Hauptverfasser:	Mourits, Maarten P, van Kempen-Harteveld, M Loes, García, M Begoña García, Koppeschaar, Hans PF, Tick, Lidwine, Terwee, Caroline B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Clinical trials Disease Diseases of the eye Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Double-Blind Method Endocrine glands Female Graves Disease - diagnosis Graves Disease - radiotherapy Health care Humans Irradiation Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Orbital Diseases - diagnosis Orbital Diseases - radiotherapy Radiation Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Therapy Treatment Outcome
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