[Recent aspects of pathogenesis and treatment of endocrine ophthalmopathy].
Many-year observations of 925 patients with endocrinous ophthalmopathy (EO) as well as the instrumental and morphological examinations of biopsy materials showed that EO is not an independent disease--it is provoked by malfunction of the thyroid gland as a result of complicated immunopathological interactions. A possibility of euthyroid EO is proven. Optimal methods of corticosteroid therapy, possibilities of radiotherapy and the role of surgical interventions in different EO stages are described.
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D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D008775:Methylprednisolone