Can combination of glucocorticoids with other immunosoppressive drugs reduce the cumulative dose of glucocorticoids for moderate-to-severe and active Graves' orbitopathy?

J Endocrinol Invest. 2019 Mar;42(3):351-352. doi: 10.1007/s40618-019-01015-8. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

Authors

M L Tanda¹, E Piantanida¹, E Masiello¹, C Cusini¹, L Bartalena²

Affiliations

¹ Endocrine Unit, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy.
² Endocrine Unit, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 30719623
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-019-01015-8

No abstract available

Keywords: Cyclosporine; Graves’ orbitopathy; Intravenous glucocorticoids; Methotrexate.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Glucocorticoids
Graves Ophthalmopathy*
Humans
Methylprednisolone
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Methylprednisolone