Onset Age is Associated with Outcome of Radioiodine Therapy in Graves' Disease
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Onset age is associated with outcome of radioiodine therapy in Graves' disease.
Controversy remains regarding the optimal dose calculation with radioiodine therapy for patients with Graves' disease. Here, we focused our analysis on data concerning the patient's pretreatment background, an empirically set dose of radioiodine and the post-treatment thyroid function, and investigated those factors that affected the outcome. The subjects consisted of 38 patients diagnosed as h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0918-8959,1348-4540
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.51.127