Radioiodine plus recombinant human thyrotropin do not cause acute airway compression and are effective in reducing multinodular goiter
Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) reduces the activity of radioiodine required to treat multinodular goiter (MNG), but acute airway compression can be a life-threatening complication. In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we assessed the efficacy and safety (in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000300013 |