𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Radioactive iodine therapy for thyrotoxicosis

✍ Scribed by William R. Greig

Book ID
102770182
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Weight
989 KB
Volume
60
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Radioactive iodine has been used to treat over 300,000 thyrotoxic patients since 1946. This paper reviews the knowledge gained in the past 23 years about the efficacy and safety of 131I therapy for thyrotoxicosis. Modifications with reference to case selection, dosage, and follow-up are discussed.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Thyroid carcinoma after radioactive iodi
Thyroid carcinoma after radioactive iodine therapy for Graves' disease
✍ Osamu Ozaki; Kunihiko Ito; Takashi Mimura; Kiminori Sugino; Yutaka Kitamura; Hir πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1994 πŸ› Springer 🌐 English βš– 447 KB

Although the causal relation between radioactive iodine therapy (RIT) for Graves' disease and the subsequent occurrence of thyroid carcinoma is not definite, surgeons may be faced with the treatment of such patients. We studied the dinicopathoiogic features of patients with thyroid carcinoma followi