European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 531-536 , November 2008

Long-term multidisciplinary follow-up of unilateral thyroid-associated orbitopathy

  • Ch. Daumerie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology Université catholique de Louvain, St-Luc University Hospital, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Université catholique de Louvain, Service d'Endocrinologie et Nutrition, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 54, UCL 54.74, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32 2 764 54 75; fax: +32 2 764 54 18.
    • ,
  • Th. Duprez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging Université catholique de Louvain, St-Luc University Hospital, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • A. Boschi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Université catholique de Louvain, St-Luc University Hospital, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

Received 10 May 2007 ,Revised 27 October 2007 ,Accepted 20 January 2008.

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☆ This work was presented as an abstract at the European Thyroid Association meeting, Naples 2006.

PII: S0953-6205(08)00058-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.01.013

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 531-536 , November 2008

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