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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2009

Update on the medical treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Gregory J Griepentrog, James A Garrity

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Medical management of thyroid eye disease.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregory J GriepentrogDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
James A Garrity
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo review recent advances in the understanding of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) pathogenesis as well as discuss current and future medical management strategies.

designInterpretive essay.

methodsLiterature review and interpretation.

resultsMedical treatment of GO has slowly evolved during the past few decades and has been hampered by a poor understanding of the disease at a cellular and molecular level. Current treatment recommendations and guidelines therefore focus on nonspecific immuno-suppression. Newer classes of treatment agents hold promise to more selectively target underlying cellular and molecular alterations in GO.

conclusionCooperation between individual patients, physicians and between differing medical centers, together with a refined understanding of the pathogenesis of GO, will lead to newer more-effective treatments for the disease and improve patient quality of life.

Indexed as

Graves’ ophthalmopathythyroid-associated ophthalmopathythyroid eye disease

Identifiers

PMID20360911
PMCPMC2840572
OpenAlexW2092704194

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