Effects of antithyroid drugs on radioiodine treatment: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7592, 2007, Pages 514-517

  Walter, Martin A ^a   Briel, Matthias ^b   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a   Bonnema, Steen J ^c   Connell, John ^d   Cooper, David S ^e   Bucher, Heiner C ^b   Müller Brand, Jan ^a   Müller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33947533138     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39114.670150.BE     Document Type: Article

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