Long-term outcome of low-activity radioiodine administration preceded by adjuvant recombinant human TSH pretreatment in elderly subjects with multinodular goiter
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- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Thyroid Research
- Vol. 2 (1) , 6
Abstract
Large multinodular goiter (MNG) in elderly people is a common finding which can require intervention. The long-term effect of radioiodine therapy on thyroid volume (TV) and function after recombinant human (rh) TSH pre-treatment was evaluated.Keywords
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