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ea0019p352 | Thyroid | SFEBES2009

A retrospective study of radio-iodine treatment outcomes in thyrotoxicosis

Agni N , Shotliff K , Zalin B , Maenhout A , Wren A

Radioiodine is used for the treatment of hyperthyroidism and has been proven to be safe, efficacious and inexpensive. Despite the widespread use, there is a lack of consensus on many aspects of the treatment including aim, radioiodine dose, timing of the second dose and the role of antithyroid medication.This was a retrospective study to investigate the outcome of radioiodine therapy in thyrotoxic patients. The aim was to determine the overall rate of su...