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In an NMR study of the orbits of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy a high degree of correlation was found between the severity of the clinical picture and the relative increase in muscular volume in the retrobulbar space.
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Troelstra, A., Rijneveld, W.J., Kooijman, A.C. et al. Correlation between NMR scans of extraocular muscles and clinical symptoms in Graves' ophthalmopathy. Doc Ophthalmol 70, 243–249 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154461
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