Surgical significance of non-toxic iodin
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M. Kalra; Professor S. K. Khanna
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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During the period 1970-87, of 1580 patients operated on for non-toxic nodular goitre, 17 satisfied the laboratory criteria for iodine avidity. All of these goitres were non-endemic, with no evidence of enzymatic deficiency. Preoperative thyroxine markedly reduced the surgical morbidity by decreasing