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Analysis of peripheral blood T-cell subsets in active thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: absence of effect of octreotide-LAR on T-cell subsets in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2005
Vaidya Bijay, Shenton Brian K, Stamp Susan, Miller Margaret, Baister Elizabeth, Andrews Christopher D, Dickinson A Jane, Perros Petros, Kendall-Taylor Pat
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is thought to be a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disorder. We sought to characterize abnormalities in the peripheral blood T-cell subsets in patients with TAO, and examine whether the long-acting somatostatin analogue, octreotide-LAR, treatment affects these cells. We analyzed peripheral blood T-cell subsets by flow cytometry in 26 euthyroid patients with moderately severe...
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