Prediction of post-treatment hypothyroidism using changes in thyroid volume after radioactive iodine therapy in adolescent patients with Graves' disease

BACKGROUND: The goal of iodine-131 therapy for pediatric Graves' disease is to induce hypothyroidism. However, changes in post-treatment thyroid volume have not been investigated in pediatric and/or adolescent patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective study was to examine whether chang...

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Autores principales: Nakatake, Nobuhiro, Fukata, Shuji, Tajiri, Junichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22060749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2011-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22060749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2011-14

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