Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Early diagnosis and surveillance of Graves’ Orbitopathy (GO) is essential to prevent severe, sight-threatening complications and long-term disability; therefore, it is highly desirable to identify risk factors and early predictors of severe disease. GO is clinically assessed using the Clinical Activity Score (CAS) and the EUGOGO Severity Scale (ESS), which are subjective, qualitative tests that are used to evaluate the activity and severity at the anterior orb...