ea0015p398 | Thyroid | SFEBES2008
Yousseif Ahmed
, Shah Nimish
, Skelly Robert
Controversy about the optimal dose of 131I in thyrotoxicosis is ongoing. High doses result in higher cure rates, but are associated with elevated risk of hypothyroidism and irradiation exposure. There is no consensus as to the optimum period of thionamide discontinuation prior to treatment, nor to its impact on the success of RAI.We retrospectively analysed 151 clinical records of patients with thyrotoxicosis due to Graves disease or tox...