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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2024;35(1):192-4
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Eosinophilic Orbital Myositis Superseding Ocular Myasthenia
Georges El Hasbani1, Ali Tarhini2, Razane Wehbe2, Diamond Ghieh3, Lama Farhat4, Imad Uthman5
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1Department of Medicine, Hartford Healthcare St. Vincent’s Medical Centre, Bridgeport, CT, USA

2Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon

4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon

5Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon

 

GE Hasbani, A Tarhini, R Wehbe, D Ghieh, L Farhat, I Uthman

Keywords: ocular eosinophilic myositis, associations, Graves’ disease
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