Radioiodine treatment of hyperthyroidism in a pregnant woman

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-361

  Berg, Gertrud E B ^a   Nyström, Ernst H ^b   Jacobsson, Lars ^b   Lindberg, Sture ^b   Lindstedt, R Göran ^b   Mattsson, Sören ^b   Niklasson, C Aimon ^b   Norén, A Håkan ^b   Westphal, Otto G A ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal thyroid; Hyperthyroidism; Pregnancy; Radioiodine

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TIAMIZIDE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG SAFETY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 0031918347     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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