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. 2018 Apr 19;12:739–746. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S158967

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Kaplan–Meier curve describing the time remaining for normal thyroid function in 58 EGD patients.

Notes: Thyroid dysfunction occurred in 16 out of 58 EGD patients. Hyperthyroidism developed in 14 and hypothyroidism developed in 2 patients. Out of the 58 patients, 42 remained euthyroid. With the exception of 2 cases, thyroid dysfunction occurred within 6.7 years after the development of ophthalmopathy. The gray area shows the 95% confidence interval.

Abbreviation: EGD, euthyroid Graves’ disease.