The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)
- Volume 16 Issue 2
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- Pages.1-24
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- 1982
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- 1225-6714(pISSN)
The Study on the Thyroid Disease
갑상선질환(甲狀腺疾患)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -20여년간(餘年間)의 핵의학교실업적(核醫學敎室業績)을 중심(中心)으로-
- Lee, Mun-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
- 이문호 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
- Published : 1982.11.25
Abstract
Several recent advances in our knowledge of thyroid physiology have broad application to the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders. For in the thyroid, more than other endocrine organs, pathophysiology can be translated directly into the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease. Graves' disease is a syndrome including goiter with hyperthyroidism, exophthalmos and dermopathy. The pathogenesis of Graves' disease is not yet clearly identified, but various autoantibodies to the thyroid gland and immunopathologic studies indicate that autoimmune processes are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. The diagnosis and management of Graves' disease are largely dependent on radionuclide techniques as radioimmunoassay, radioactive iodine therapy and so on. Several laboratory tests are also developed to determine the remission of this disase including TRH stimulation test,
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