Published December 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Function of thyroid and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in radioiodine treated thyrotoxic patients

  • 1. Latvian Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Riga (USSR)

Description

431 thyrotoxic patients were examined at varying intervals after therapy with 131I. Relapses of thyrotoxicosis were noted in 30 patients (7%), hypothyroidism in 63 patients (14.4%) and the remaining 338 were euthyroid. A peculiar clinical picture of postradiation hyperthyroidism was ascertained. The euthyroid patients had a lower protein bound iodine concentration than normal individuals (4.9 +- 1.7 and 6.0 +- 1.64 mg/100 ml, respectively) and a negative thyroid response after TRH stimulation in 87 per cent. (author)

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Journal Title
Endokrinologie
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
3
Series
Endokrinologie.
Journal Page Range
345-350
ISSN
0013-7251