Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the four GO patients before surgery in this study.

From: Essential role of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-induced myofibroblast transdifferentiation from Graves’ orbital fibroblasts

GO

patients

Clinical

activity score

Smoking

status

Free T4

(0.80–1.90 ng/dL)

T3

(58–159 ng/dL)

TSH

(0.40–4.0 μIU/mL)

TSH-receptor Ab

(<1.5 U/L)

G1

2

Never

0.97

89

1.014

0.13

G2

1

Never

1.31

96

0.887

1.25

G3

1

Never

1.00

105

0.612

1.12

G4

2

Never

1.25

110

0.693

1.39

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