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A musculoskeletal model of low grade connective tissue inflammation in patients with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO): the WOMED concept of lateral tension and its general implications in disease

BACKGROUND: Low level connective tissue inflammation has been proposed to play a role in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). The aim of this study was to investigate this postulate by a musculoskeletal approach together with biochemical parameters. METHODS: 13 patients with TAO and 16 controls...

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Autores principales: Moncayo, Roy, Moncayo, Helga
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17319961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-17