A narrative review of long-term inorganic iodine monotherapy for Graves’ disease with a historical relationship between iodine and thyroid

Almost a century has passed since Plummer reported the efficacy of short-term preoperative inorganic iodine therapy for Graves’ disease in the 1920s. Since there were concerns about the escape phenomenon and exacerbation with inorganic iodine, antithyroid drugs became the mainstay of pharmacotherapy...

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Main Author: Natsuko Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Endocrine Society 2025-01-01
Series:Endocrine Journal
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/endocrj/72/1/72_EJ24-0186/_html/-char/en
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