Effects of treatment modalities for Graves' hyperthyroidism on Graves' orbitopathy: a 2015 Italian Society of Endocrinology Consensus Statement

Affiliations

¹ Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy. luigi.bartalena@uninsubria.it.
² Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Graves' Orbitopathy Center, Fondazione Ca' Granda IRCCS and University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

L Bartalena et al. J Endocrinol Invest. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;38(4):481-7.

doi: 10.1007/s40618-015-0257-z. Epub 2015 Feb 27.

¹ Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy. luigi.bartalena@uninsubria.it.
² Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Graves' Orbitopathy Center, Fondazione Ca' Granda IRCCS and University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antithyroid drugs; Glucocorticoids; Graves’ disease; Graves’ orbitopathy; Radioiodine; Thionamides; Thyroidectomy.

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