Open AccessPositive Impact of Long-Term Antithyroid Drug Treatment on the Outcome of Children with Graves' Disease: National Long-Term Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Juliane Léger,
Georges Gelwane,
Florentia Kaguelidou,
Mériem Benmerad,
Corinne Alberti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-1944
Subject(s) - medicine , carbimazole , confidence interval , graves' disease , antithyroid agent , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , propylthiouracil , gastroenterology , disease , thyroid
Drug-based therapy is usually the initial treatment for Graves' disease (GD) hyperthyroidism in children, but there is some debate about treatment duration.
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