Hypoechoic thyroid nodules on ultrasound 4 years after prenatal exposure to radioiodine: Resolution with thyroxine therapy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-512

  Perry, Rebecca J ^a   Ainine, Ahmad ^b   Butler, Sandra ^a   Donaldson, Malcolm D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoechoic thyroid nodules; Prenatal exposure; Radioiodine; TSH elevation

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 41149120293     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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