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Br J Ophthalmol 86:740-742 doi:10.1136/bjo.86.7.740
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Ophthalmopathy in childhood Graves' disease

Table 2

Severity of Graves' ophthalmopathy in different studies

Uretsky13 Young14 Gruters15 Present study
Age of onset (range in years) 1–17 5–20 Not mentioned 2–16
Number of cases 23 33 43 83
Abridged classification
    Class 0 11 (47.8%) 17 (51.5%) 24 (55.8%) 31 (37.3%)
    Class 1 8 (34.8%) 12 (36.4%) 16 (37.2%) 24 (28.9%)
    Class 1 8 (34.8%) 12 (36.4%) 16 (37.2%) 19 (22.9%)
    Class 2 3 (13.0%) 3 (9.1%) 0 12 (14.5%)
    Class 3 1 (4.3%) 1 (3.0%) 3 (7.0%) 4 (4.8%)
    Class 3 1 (4.3%) 1 (3.0%) 3 (7.0%) 7 (8.4%)
    Class 4 0 0 0 1 (1.2%)
    Class 5 0 0 0 11 (13.3%)
    Class 6 0 0 0 0

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