Symmetric dimethylarginine in hyperthyroid cats before and after treatment with radioactive iodine.
Stefanie M DeMonacoDavid L PancieraWendy A MorreTina ConwayStephen WerrePublished in: Journal of feline medicine and surgery (2019)
SDMA increases in cats treated for hyperthyroidism with radioactive iodine and likely reflects associated changes in glomerular filtration rate. An increased SDMA concentration above the reference interval prior to treatment has a high specificity but poor sensitivity for the prediction of post-treatment azotemia.