Failure of radioiodine treatment in Graves' disease intentionally caused by a patient: Suspected Munchausen syndrome

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 631-632

  Kinuya, Seigo ^a,b   Michigishi, Takatoshi ^a,b   Nakajima, Kenichi ^a,b   Kinuya, Keiko ^c   Seto, Akira ^a,b   Kuji, Ichiei ^a,b   Yokoyama, Kunihiko ^a,b   Tonami, Norihisa ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TONAMI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Munchausen syndrome; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIODINATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 10044278988     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984587     Document Type: Article

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