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Rescue pre-operative treatment with Lugol’s solution in uncontrolled Graves’ disease

BACKGROUND: Graves’ disease is a common cause of hyperthyroidism. Three therapies have been used for decades: pharmacologic therapy, surgery and radioiodine. In case of adverse events, especially agranulocytosis or hepatotoxicity, pre-treatment with Lugol’s solution containing iodine/potassium iodid...

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Autores principales: Calissendorff, Jan, Falhammar, Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28325735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-17-0025