Smoking and Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy: A Novel Explanation of the Biological Link

Introduction: Cigarette smoking is the strongest modifiable risk factor for developing thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), and the severity of TAO is related to the current number of cigarettes smoked per day. We aimed to establish the effects of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on an in vitro mod...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2007-01, Vol.92 (1), p.59-64
Hauptverfasser: Cawood, T. J., Moriarty, P., O’Farrelly, C., O’Shea, D.
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