Effects of antithyroid drugs on radioiodine treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [PDF]
, 2007 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of adjunctive antithyroid drugs on the risk of treatment failure, hypothyroidism, and adverse events after radioiodine treatment. DESIGN: Meta-analysis.
Cooper, D. S. +26 more
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Responses to antithyroid drugs and serum s(P)RR in patients with Graves’ disease. [PDF]
, 2018 Responses to antithyroid drugs and serum s(P)RR in patients with Graves’ disease.
Shihori Kimura (5066948) +11 more
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Anti-thyroid drugs in pediatric Graves′ disease
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015 Graves′ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children. Most children and adolescents are treated with anti-thyroid drugs as the initial modality.
Mathew John +2 more
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Bioinorganic Chemistry in Thyroid Gland: Effect of\ud Antithyroid Drugs on Peroxidase-Catalyzed Oxidation\ud and Iodination Reactions [PDF]
, 2006 Propylthiouracil (PTU) and methimazole (MMI) are the most commonly used antithyroid drugs. The available data suggest that these drugs may block the thyroid hormone synthesis by inhibiting the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) or diverting oxidized iodides away ...
Mugesh, G. +5 more
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Nonthionamide Drugs for the Treatment of Hyperthyroidism: From Present to Future
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2018 Hyperthyroidism is a common endocrine disease. Although thionamide antithyroid drugs are the cornerstone of hyperthyroidism treatment, some patients cannot tolerate this drug class because of its serious side effects including agranulocytosis ...
Nattakarn Suwansaksri +2 more
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Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2017 Antithyroid drugs can be a rare cause of agranulocytosis (0.5% of treated patients). Suspension of these drugs is mandatory in these patients and may result in worsening hyperthyroidism.
Anna Candoni
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Clinical and biochemical changes following I-131 therapy for hyperthyroidism in patients not pretreated with antithyroid drugs [PDF]
, 1999 Background: Radioiodine therapy (I-131) for the treatment of hyperthyroidism has been shown to be effective and safe. Despite the extensive experience with radioiodine therapy, the necessity for pretreatment with antithyroid drugs is controversial ...
Kerstens, MN +6 more
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Elevated thyroid stimulating hormone in a neonate: Drug induced or disease?
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011 Dyshormonogenesis is an uncommon cause of congenital hypothyroidism. The most common abnormality is absent or insufficient thyroid peroxidase enzyme. Maternal intake of antithyroid drug can also lead to elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in a ...
Sunil Kumar Kota +2 more
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The natural history and prognostic factors of Graves' disease in Korean children and adolescents [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Purpose : Graves' disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents. In this study, we investigated the natural course and the prognostic factors of Graves' disease in Korean children and ...
Seung Min Song +5 more
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Cholestyramine Use for Rapid Reversion to Euthyroid States in Patients with Thyrotoxicosis [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016 Cholestyramine (CS) is an ion exchange resin, which binds to iodothyronines and would lower serum thyroid hormone level. The use of CS added to conventional antithyroid drugs to control thyrotoxicosis has been applied since 1980's, and several studies ...
Jeonghoon Ha +4 more
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