Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy

Association of Grave's ophthalmopathy with hyperthyroidism is well known, and it has also been reported in euthyroid or hypothyroid autoimmune thyroiditis, which rarely requires treatment. Here, we report a case of bilaterally symmetrical severe corticosteroid-resistant hypothyroid Grave's...

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Autores principales: Pandit, Aditi, Gundgurthi, Abhay, Kharb, Sandeep, Brar, Karninder S., Garg, M. K.
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776919
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.109669
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author Pandit, Aditi
Gundgurthi, Abhay
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Garg, M. K.
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description Association of Grave's ophthalmopathy with hyperthyroidism is well known, and it has also been reported in euthyroid or hypothyroid autoimmune thyroiditis, which rarely requires treatment. Here, we report a case of bilaterally symmetrical severe corticosteroid-resistant hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy successfully treated with rituximab.
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spelling pubmed-36832212013-06-17 Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy Pandit, Aditi Gundgurthi, Abhay Kharb, Sandeep Brar, Karninder S. Garg, M. K. Indian J Endocrinol Metab Case Report Association of Grave's ophthalmopathy with hyperthyroidism is well known, and it has also been reported in euthyroid or hypothyroid autoimmune thyroiditis, which rarely requires treatment. Here, we report a case of bilaterally symmetrical severe corticosteroid-resistant hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy successfully treated with rituximab. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3683221/ /pubmed/23776919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.109669 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title_full Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title_fullStr Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title_full_unstemmed Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title_short Rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid Grave's ophthalmopathy
title_sort rituximab therapy in steroid-resistant severe hypothyroid grave's ophthalmopathy
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