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Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 2014, Article ID 128903, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/128903
Clinical Study

Methotrexate for the Treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease

Diego Strianese,1 Adriana Iuliano,1 Mariantonia Ferrara,1 Chiara Comune,1 Immacolata Baronissi,1 Pasquale Napolitano,1 Alessia D’Alessandro,1 Piergiacomo Grassi,1 Giulio Bonavolontà,1 Paola Bonavolontà,1 Antonio Sinisi,2 and Fausto Tranfa1

1Department of Neuroscience, Odontostomatological and Reproductive Sciences, University “Federico II” of Naples, Via Pansini No. 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
2Department of Endocrinology, Second University of Naples, Italy

Received 12 August 2013; Revised 30 October 2013; Accepted 2 November 2013; Published 8 January 2014

Academic Editor: Torben Lykke Sørensen

Copyright © 2014 Diego Strianese et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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