131 I-Induced Graves ’ disease in patients treated for toxic multinodular goitre: systematic review and descriptive analysis

ConclusionsGD may be triggered by131I. The incidence of the condition is low. Several risk factors were consistently identified; some have shown to raise the risk significantly.131I-IGD seems more treatment resistant than iodine-independent GD and the best resolution rates were achieved with uptake-based selected iodine activities.

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Source: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation - January 20, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research