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Multiple relapses of hyperthyroidism after thyroid surgeries in a patient with long term follow-up of sporadic non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jun 2008
Bircan R, Miehle K, Mladenova G, Ivanova R, Ivanova R, Sarafova A, Borissova A-M, Lüblinghoff J, Paschke R
Abstract excerpt
Constitutively activating thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) germline mutations have been identified as a molecular cause of congenital hyperthyroidism. Patients with relapsing hyperthyroidism were previously treated with surgery and radioiodine. We report on a 22-year-old male patient who was treated for his multiple relapses of hyperthyroidism by repeated subtotal thyroidectomies (STE). During the 22 years of...
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