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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2012

Thyroid eye disease: towards an evidence base for treatment in the 21st century.

Erin F Gillespie, Terry J Smith, Raymond S Douglas

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease in patients with hypothyroid/euthyroid state: a multicenter case series.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  11. Graves' Orbitopathy: Report of 82 cases.La Tunisie medicale · 2021
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  13. Etiologies of Proptosis: A review.Internal medicine review (Washington, D.C. : Online) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin F GillespieDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan Medical School, 1000 Wall Street, Suite 7120, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Terry J Smith
Raymond S Douglas
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

REGULATION OF RETROOCULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUER01EY008976 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, TERRY J · 1993 to 2020
$6.4M
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF ORBITAL FIBROBLASTSR01EY011708 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, TERRY J · 1997 to 2011
$4.3M
Immunoglobulin Activation of FibroblastsR01DK063121 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, TERRY J · 2004 to 2012
$3.2M
The role of CD40+ fibrocytes in thyroid associated ophthalmopathyR01EY021197 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DOUGLAS, RAYMOND S · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008976NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011708NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021197NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK063121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid eye disease (TED) is the most common extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves' disease. Incomplete understanding of its pathogenesis has hindered development of targeted therapies that might alter the natural course of disease. Smoking cessation and maintenance of euthyroidism appear to reduce the rate of onset and severity of TED. Recent evidence suggests that selenium may lessen the inflammatory symptoms in mild disease. Corticosteroids remain the primary treatment for patients with moderate to severe active TED. Surgical decompression is commonly undertaken in the chronic stable phase, and only rarely in the active phase when vision is threatened by compressive optic neuropathy. Orbital radiotherapy remains an adjunctive strategy during active disease. Targeted immunotherapies have the potential to alter disease progression, but further evidence is needed to establish safety and efficacy. In this article, we review evidence from prospective therapeutic trials of several treatment modalities. We focus on moderate to severe active TED.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesColchicineGraves DiseaseHumansImmunologic FactorsPlasma ExchangeRadiotherapyRisk FactorsSmokingThyroid GlandTubulin ModulatorsAdrenal Cortex HormonesColchicineImmunologic FactorsTubulin Modulators

Identifiers

PMID22354545
PMCPMC3463137
OpenAlexW2075664818

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