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Nihon Rinsho
November 2007
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine.
Radionuclides are widely used for the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. Among them, 131I has the longest history of more than 60 years of clinical use, and has been still used for the therapy of Graves' disease, Plummer disease (hyperfunctional adenoma) and thyroid cancer. Radiodine is specifically taken into thyroid cells and organized.
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Clin Obstet Gynecol
March 1997
Women's and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy occurs in 1/1600-2000 deliveries, according to the most recent publications. The most common causes are chronic autoimmune thyroid disease, radiodine-131 treatment, or surgical removal. The diagnosis is difficult to make on clinical grounds alone, even in advanced cases, and a high index of suspicion is needed.
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