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DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000082
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 disease is unclear. So, we aimed to evaluate the influence of a LID on the outcome in patients with Graves’ disease (GD) treated with 131I. Subjects and methods We evaluated 67 patients with GD who were divided […]
Keywords: Graves' disease; iodine nutritional status; radioiodine; Urinary iodine