THE increasing use of radioiodine for the evaluation of thyroid function 1,2,3 prompts the recording of the experience gained with a relatively simple method in 2000 patients. Although a number of ...

There are several factors that elevate or depress radioactive-iodine uptake and protein-bound iodine quite apart from altered thyroid function. In the course of preparation of this manuscript one of ...

Scientists have found that a dose five times higher than the FDA-recommended dosage of potassium iodide in the event of a nuclear accident is needed to protect small animals effectively from ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The long-term risk of developing a tumor in the thyroid gland or autoimmune thyroiditis, a progressive inflammatory disease of the thyroid, is increased after exposure to ...

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Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy is a type of treatment for an overactive thyroid, hyperthyroidism, and certain types of thyroid cancer. The term "radioactive" may sound scary, but it is a safe and ...

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Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology. Such ...

The patient was referred because of an abnormal posttherapy scan after radioactive iodine ablation for thyroid cancer. The patient initially presented with a large multinodular goiter. Fine-needle ...