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Incidence of primary hypothyroidism in patients exposed to therapeutic external beam radiation, where radiation portals include a part or whole of the thyroid gland

K.V.P.M. Shafi, BA Laway, Sabiya Majid, MMaqbool Lone, Fir Afroz, Showkat Khan, R Roohi

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2012 · 22 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

In summary, we found that thyroid dysfunction is a prevalent, yet easily treatable source of morbidity in patients undergoing radiation therapy to neck where radiation portals include a part or whole of the thyroid gland.

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