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New advances in understanding thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and the potential role for insulin-like growth factor-I receptor
2018-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), a localized periocular manifestation of the autoimmune syndrome known as Graves’ disease, remains incompletely understood. Discussions of its pathogenesis are generally focused on the thyrotropin receptor, the proposed role for which is supported by substantial evidence. Considerations of any involvement of the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) in the disease a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b97574d5-bbc4-5053-a26a-22d1356b2f70
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.12787.1
