Low iodine diet does not improve the efficacy of radioiodine for the treatment of Graves’ disease

Low iodine diet does not improve the efficacy of radioiodine for the treatment of Graves’ disease

Objective Consuming a low-iodine diet (LID) is a widely accepted practice before administering radioiodine (131I) to evaluate and to treat thyroid disease. Although this procedure is well established for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, its use in patients with benign...

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Main Authors: Vanessa A. Santarosa, Denise M. Orlandi, Lia B. Fiorin, Teresa S. Kasamatsu, Gilberto K. Furuzawa, Ilda S. Kunii, Rosália P. Padovani, Marília M. S. Marone, Mário L. Castiglioni, José Gilberto H Vieira, Rui M. B. Maciel, Magnus R. Dias-da-Silva, João R. M. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015-09-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Urinary iodine
iodine nutritional status
radioiodine
Graves’ disease
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972015000600501&lng=en&tlng=en

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