Cancer mortality was studied in 10,552 Swedish hyperthyroid patients treated with '"1 between 1950 and 1975. The patients were matched with the Swedish Cause-of-Death Register and the cases of 977 patients who died from cancer or leukemia were studied. The patients had been followed up for an averag
Cytogenetic damage after 131-iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer
✍ Scribed by Sara Gutiérrez; Elisabet Carbonell; Pere Galofré; Amadeu Creus; Ricardo Marcos
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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