## 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). ## __
Why radioiodine remnant ablation is right for most patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
β Scribed by Frederik A. Verburg; Markus Dietlein; Michael Lassmann; Markus Luster; Christoph Reiners
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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