## Abstract ## __Background.__ The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between postsurgical neck ^99m^technetium (^99m^Tc)βpertechnetate uptake and the rate of successful remnant ablation after radioiodine treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). ## __
Radioiodine-induced changes in lymphocyte subsets in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
β Scribed by Anna Tofani; Rosa Sciuto; Raffaele P. Cioffi; Rosella Pasqualoni; Sandra Rea; Anna Festa; Giuseppe M. Gandolfo; Maria C. Arista; Carlo L. Maini
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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