Medications in pregnancy and lactation

CS Buhimschi, CP Weiner - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The authors have stressed that almost every pregnant woman is exposed to some type of
medication during pregnancy, and this issue has been observed in all countries. The …

[HTML][HTML] Radiofrequency ablation as a novel modality in the USA for treating toxic thyroid nodules: case series and literature review

E Kandil, M Omar, AS Attia, A Shihabi, M Shaear… - Gland …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is widely accepted as a treatment for non-
functioning benign thyroid nodules, mainly to reduce compressive symptoms. In addition to …

[HTML][HTML] False-positive uptake on radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy: physiologic and pathologic variants unrelated to thyroid cancer

JR Oh, BC Ahn - American journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS), which takes advantage of the high avidity of
radioiodine in the functioning thyroid tissues, has been used for detection of differentiated …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of radioactive iodine treatment of graves' hyperthyroidism using a single calculated 131I dose

KK Wong, BL Shulkin, MD Gross, AM Avram - Clinical diabetes and …, 2018 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the success rate of therapeutic administration of a single calculated
131 I activity for eliminating hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease. Methods and materials …

Medical treatment of hyperthyroidism: state of the art

A Fumarola, A Di Fiore, M Dainelli… - Experimental and …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
Methimazole (MMI) and propylthiouracil (PTU) are the main antithyroid drugs used for
hyperthyroidism. They inhibit the synthesis of thyroid hormone at various levels and are …

The Radioprotective Effects of Origanum vulgare Extract Against Genotoxicity Induced by 131I in Human Blood Lymphocyte

S Arami, A Ahmadi, SA Haeri - Cancer Biotherapy and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Radioiodine (131I) has been widely used for the treatment of patients with thyroid diseases.
However, there is a persisting concern about the induction of second tumor and genetic …

Striving for euthyroidism in radioiodine therapy of Graves' disease: a 12-year prospective, randomized, open-label blinded end point study

DY Chen, PF Schneider, XS Zhang, ZM He, J Jing… - Thyroid, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background: In China, use of radioiodine therapy is problematic because of the
need for lifelong levothyroxine substitution. Our aim was to find an optimum dosing strategy …

Uncommon causes of thyrotoxicosis

ES Mittra, RD Niederkohr, C Rodriguez… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
Apart from the common causes of thyrotoxicosis, such as Graves' disease and functioning
nodular goiters, there are more than 20 less common causes of elevated free thyroid …

The incidence of hypothyroidism following the radioactive iodine treatment of graves' disease and the predictive factors influencing its development

M Husseni - World journal of nuclear medicine, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the incidence of hypothyroidism
following different fixed radioactive iodine-131 (131 I) activities in the treatment of Graves' …

The utility of radioiodine uptake and thyroid scintigraphy in the diagnosis and management of hyperthyroidism

OE Okosieme, D Chan, SA Price… - Clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objectives The value and practice of thyroid radionuclide imaging in the
diagnosis and management of hyperthyroidism is unsettled. Our objectives were to …