How we do it: Surgery should be considered equally with I131 and thionamide treatment as first-line therapy for thyrotoxicosis

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-162

  England, R J A ^a   Kamath, M B ^a   Jabreel, A ^a   Dunne, G ^a   Atkin, S L ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CALCIUM; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIONAMIDE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOMA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION SICKNESS; RASH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; SURGEON; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645293207     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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