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Clinical experience with radioactive iodine in the treatment of childhood and adolescent Graves' disease
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Treatments for Graves' disease (GD) in children and adolescents include oral antithyroid drugs (ATDs), near total thyroidectomy, and radioactive iodine (RAI). ATDs remain the preferred choice in this age group, but because persistent remission occurs in 30% of cases, RAI is bec...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioScientifica
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23781316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-12-0049 |