treatment’s results of hyperthyroid patients with iodine-131 [persian]
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introduction: radioiodine (131i) is an effective and inexpensive alternative to surgery in the treatment of thyroid hyperfunction. the debate today concerns the maximum and minimum ablative doses, and factors leading to hypothyroidism. patients & method: 1035 hyperthyroid patients treated with weight-adjusted ablative doses of 131i were retrospectively assessed for treatment outcome or correlated with sex, age, underlying pathology, and administrated dose of 131i. results: thyroid hyperfunction was 3.5 times more common in women. the greatest proportions of patients were in the 31-40 years age group and the smallest proportion over-70. the commonest underlying pathology was grave’s disease. men had a lower response rate to 131i therapy, with 2.4-fold greater probability of persistent hyperthyroidism (p
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iranian journal of nuclear medicinePublisher: tehran university of medical sciences
ISSN 1681-2824
volume 12
issue 2 2004
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