- ►eje-online.org [PDF] MF Prummel, T Strieder, WM Wiersinga - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2004 - EFES Genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid
disease (AITD) and it has been calculated that 80% of the susceptibility to
develop Graves' disease is attributable to genes. The concordance rate for ... Cited by 92 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►endojournals.org AK Eckstein, M Plicht, H Lax, M Neuhauser, … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2006 - Endocrine Soc Results: TBII levels and prevalence at each time point during follow-up were
significantly higher in patients with a severe course of GO compared with
patients with a mild course of GO. Prognostic statements on the course of ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JA Garrity, RS Bahn - American journal of ophthalmology, 2006 - Elsevier Enlargement of the extraocular muscle bodies and expansion of the orbital fatty
connective tissues is apparent in patients with GO. These changes result from
abnormal hyaluronic acid accumulation and edema within these tissues and ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - All 14 versions
T Cawood, P Moriarty, D O'Shea - British Medical Journal, 2004 - bmj.com Thyroid eye disease affects an estimated 400 000 people in the United Kingdom.
This estimate is based on a UK population of 59 million (www.statistics.gov.uk),
a prevalence of Graves' disease of 1.85% (estimates range from 1% 1 to 2.7% ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►endojournals.org AJ Dickinson, B Vaidya, M Miller, A … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2004 - Endocrine Soc Fifty euthyroid patients (11 males, 39 females; age 22–74 yr, median 50 yr)
with active TAO [clinical activity score (CAS) 3, NOSPECS (no signs or symptoms;
only signs, no symptoms; signs only; proptosis; eye muscle involvement; ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►eje.org D Kapoor, TH Jones - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2005 - eje.org Smoking has multiple effects on hormone secretion, some of which are associated
with important clinical implications. These effects are mainly mediated by the
pharmacological action of nicotine and also by toxins such as thiocyanate. ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - All 7 versions
- ►eje.org L Bartalena, L Baldeschi, AJ Dickinson, A … - Thyroid, 2008 - liebertonline.com Page 1. Consensus Statement of the European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy (EUGOGO)
on Management of Graves' Orbitopathy * Luigi Bartalena ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►endojournals.org TJ Cawood, P Moriarty, C O'Farrelly, D O' … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Results: Fibroblasts from patients with TAO and controls showed similar
responses. ICAM1 expression was not affected by CSE. Hyaluronic acid production
was stimulated by CSE in a dose-dependent manner (correlation coefficient, ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►eje.org GE Krassas, W Wiersinga - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2006 - eje.org New studies have shown that smoking may protect against the development of
thyroid peroxidase antibodies, which may result in a decreased risk of
Hashimoto's hypothyroidism (HH), whereas it stimulates the development of ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Thornton, SP Kelly, RA Harrison, R Edwards - Eye, 2006 - nature.com Fourteen papers describing 15 studies were included. There was a positive
association between smoking and TED in four case–control studies when compared
with control patients with Graves' disease but no ophthalmopathy (odds ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
