Long-term risks in hyperthyroid patients treated with radioiodine: Is there anything new?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1504-1509

  Lucignani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AWARENESS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548161658     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0509-z     Document Type: Review

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