Radioiodine therapy and Graves' disease - Myths and reality.

Maria Teresa PlazinskaNadia Sawicka-GutajAgata CzarnywojtekKosma WolińskiMałgorzata KobyleckaMaria KarlińskaKarolina PrasekMałgorzata Zgorzalewicz-StachowiakMagdalena BorowskaPaweł GutMarek RuchalaLeszek Krolicki

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The results of our study suggest that cigarette smoking reduces the efficacy of treatment with 131I in patients with GD. The study also confirmed the effectiveness of steroid prophylaxis against TAO development or exacerbation after RIT.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
stem cells
intensive care unit
replacement therapy
smoking cessation