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Graves' orbitopathy

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Graves' orbitopathy
[grāvz]
Etymology: Robert J. Graves, Irish physician, 1796-1853; L, orbita, wheel track + Gk, pathos, disease
the dysthyroid orbitopathy seen in Graves' disease. Also called Graves' ophthalmopathy.


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00 Paperback RE715 Wiersinga (endocrinology and metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Kahaly (medicine, Gutenberg University Hospital) assemble members of the European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy (EUGOGO) to present the current understanding of the thyroid eye disease Graves' orbitopathy.
He is an active member of EUGOGO, the European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy.
Sinusitis-related orbital infection is the most common cause of unilateral proptosis in children and the third leading cause in adults, behind Graves' orbitopathy and pseudotumor.
 
 
 
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