Radioiodine treatment in unsuspected pregnancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-283

  Evans, P M S ^a   Webster, J ^b   Evans, W D ^a   Bevan, J S ^c   Scanlon, M F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; IODINE 131; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK;

EID: 0031932599     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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