Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In treating hyperthyroidism in Graves’ disease (GD) patients with 131-iodine, the optimum activity of radioiodide is yet to be established. We analysed factors affecting the efficacy of 131I radiotherapy in GD patients.Materials and methods: The analysed group consisted of 362 (80.9% females and 19.1% males) GD patients, of median age 53 (min: 14 and max: 85) years. GD was diagnosed from clinical features, laboratory tests, ...