[Radiotherapy of endocrine orbitopathy--state of the art].
Since several decades, radiotherapy is included in the multimodal treatment concept of Graves' disease. By using orbital irradiation alone or in combination with oral corticosteroids up to two thirds of the patients respond to the treatment and achieve improvement of soft tissue signs and extraocular muscle impairment.
Prettenhofer
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Universitätsklinik für Strahlentherapie, Auenbruggerplatz 32, A-8036 Graz. ulrike.prettenhofer@kfunigraz.ac.at
Ramschak-Schwarzer
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Langmann
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Mayer
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Schedlbauer
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Hackl
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones