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Loss of Pertechnetate from the Human Thyroid

Regional Dept. of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow, Scotland

R. McG. Harden and W. D. Alexander

University Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

Correspondence: For reprints contact: J. Shimmins, Regional Dept. of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Western Regional Hospital Board, 11 W. Graham St., Glasgow, C.4, Scotland.

ABSTRACT

By using a simple method of quantitating scintiscans of ^99mTcO₄^– in the thyroid, we have shown that this ion is not significantly bound up to 3 hr after administration. The intrathyroidal turnover rate of pertechnetate was found to be increased by an average factor of 1.43 during perchlorate discharge.