Editorials: Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Hyperthyroidism
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Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment of hyperthyroidism is safe in patients with Graves' orbitopathy--a prospective study.
INTRODUCTION Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy may induce or worsen orbitopathy (GO) in Graves' disease (GD). The aim of this study was a prospective assessment of the risk of GO exacerbation in a GD patients cohort submitted to RAI therapy for hyperthyroidism. MATERIAL AND METHODS 208 consecutive GD patients treated with 131I in 2007 were enrolled. The analysis was performed on 156 patients s...
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mlU/l. The symptoms of sensitive polyneuropathy manifested soon after introducing levothyroxine therapy. Fatigue, lack of concentration, forgetfulness, depression, and widespread neuropathic pain persisted more than 2 years in spite of levothyroxine replacement therapy (125 g levothyroxine daily) and TSH level of Dear Sir, Five months after radioactive iodine treatment for Graves’ hyperthyroidi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0281-3432,1502-7724
DOI: 10.3109/02813438709013992