Thyroid Dysfunction and Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases Among Atomic Bomb Survivors Exposed in Childhood
Author(s) -
Misa Imaizumi,
Waka Ohishi,
Eiji Nakashima,
Nobuko Sera,
Kazuo Neriishi,
Michiko Yamada,
Yoshimi Tatsukawa,
Ikuno Takahashi,
Saeko Fujiwara,
Keizo Sugino,
Takao Ando,
Toshiro Usa,
Atsushi Kawakami,
Masazumi Akahoshi,
Ayumi Hida
Publication year - 2017
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.2017-00102
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , graves' disease , thyroid cancer , thyroid disease , anti thyroid autoantibodies , endocrinology , pediatrics , autoantibody , antibody , immunology
The risk of thyroid cancer increases and persists for decades among individuals exposed to ionizing radiation in childhood, although the long-term effects of childhood exposure to medium to low doses of radiation on thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune thyroid diseases have remained unclear.
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