Radioiodine treatment of Graves' disease in young people

Hormone Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 258-262

  Cheetham, T D ^a,b   Wraight, P ^a   Hughes, I A ^a   Barnes, N D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism; Radioiodine; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELAPSE; SAFETY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031745148     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023183     Document Type: Article

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