Objective estimates of the probability of developing hypothyroidism following radioactive iodine treatment of thyrotoxicosis | Zendy

A Ahmad | Zendy; MansurudDin Ahmad | Zendy; Et Young | Zendy

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Objective estimates of the probability of developing hypothyroidism following radioactive iodine treatment of thyrotoxicosis

Author(s) -

A Ahmad,

MansurudDin Ahmad,

Et Young

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

european journal of endocrinology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897

H-Index - 148

eISSN - 1479-683X

pISSN - 0804-4643

DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1460767

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , goiter , confidence interval , graves' disease , logistic regression , thyroid , incidence (geometry) , endocrinology , physics , optics

Several risk factors have been shown individually to influence the outcome following radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. However, no attempt has been made to determine their independent prognostic values that could be used in a regression model to provide objective estimates of the probability of developing hypothyroidism.

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