Biology of Radioiodine
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Radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism
Radioiodine therapy is the safest, simplest, least expensive and most effective method for treatment of hyperthyroidism. The method employed in this research was a systematic bibliographic review, in which only valid studies or the clinically detailed enough open-labeled studies using validated scales were used. Iodine-131 (I-131) acts by the destructive effect of short-range beta radiation on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/1991142a0