Juvenile thyrotoxicosis; can we do better?
Arch Dis Child
; 89(8): 745-50, 2004 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-15269076
ABSTRACT
Thyrotoxicosis remains a frustrating condition for the young person, family, and health professionals involved. The associated symptoms do not always suggest thyroid disease and patients can be unwell for many months before the diagnosis is made. The antithyroid drug regimen used to treat children and adolescents with thyrotoxicosis varies from one unit to another and yet the potentially life threatening side effects and remission rates post-treatment may be related to the regimen used. Most patients with thyrotoxicosis will need many years of drug therapy if the thyroid gland is not removed surgically or destroyed by radioiodine. Even "definitive" treatment will typically necessitate thyroxine replacement for life.
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Colección:
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Antitiroideos
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Tirotoxicosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido
Pais de publicación:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM