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Hyperthyroidism in Childhood: Causes, When and How to Treat

Graves’ disease (GD) is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children. This review gives an overview and update of management of GD. Antithyroid drugs (ATD) are recommended as the initial treatment, but the major problem is the high relapse rate (30%) as remission is achieved after a first co...

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Autores principales: Léger, Juliane, Carel, Jean Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23154161
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/Jcrpe.854