Table 1. Characteristics of patient with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy from whom orbital fibroblasts were obtained.
TAO Patient number | Age | Sex | Smoking | Grave’s disease | Grave’s disease treatment | TAO treatment | Euthyroid state | TSH receptor antibody | CAS | ||||
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Radioactive Iodine | Methimazole | Thyroidectomy | Surgery | Prednisolone | Radiation | ||||||||
#103 | 23 | F | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | + | 2 |
#107 | 50 | F | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | + | 3 |
#110 | 65 | M | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + | 1 |
#120 | 56 | M | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + | 3 |
#135 | 61 | M | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + | 1 |
#137 | 59 | F | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + | 3 |
#162 | 73 | F | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | + | 3 |
All patients with TAO had experienced at least 6 months of inactive disease status with a euthyroid hormonal condition.
Non-TAO patients; #71 (female, 61 years), #111 (female, 68 years), #116 (male, 60 years), #136 (male, 59 years), #150 (female, 65 years), #152 (female, 22 years), #155 (male, 70 years), #158 (male, 75 years).
CAS, clinical activity score; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone.