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Standardized A-scan echography was used to measure the thickness of the lateral and medial recti in the primary gaze position, abduction and adduction in normal subjects and patients with Graves ophthalmopathy. Graves patients’ muscles were significantly thicker in all positions studied. While increases in muscle diameter caused by contraction were similar in controls and patients, the latter showed less thinning during relaxation.
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Tamburrelli, C. (1993). Functional echographic biometry of extraocular muscles. In: Till, P. (eds) Ophthalmic Echography 13. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1846-0_3
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