Open AccessPredictive value of pyramidal lobe, percentage thyroid uptake and age for ablation outcome after 15 mCi fixed dose of radioiodine-131 in Graves' disease
Author(s) -
Maseeh uz Zaman,
Nosheen Fatima,
Unaiza Zaman,
Zafar Sajjad,
Areeba Zaman,
Rabia Tahseen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.164062
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , euthyroid , odds ratio , population , thyroid cancer , gastroenterology , anti thyroid autoantibodies , endocrinology , nuclear medicine , antibody , environmental health , autoantibody , immunology
The purpose was to find out the efficacy of fixed 15 mCi radioactive iodine-131 (RAI) dose and predictive values of various factors for inducing hypothyroidism in Graves' disease (GD).