Long-term outcomes of graves disease in children treated with anti-thyroid drugs

• Main Authors: Ya-Ting Chiang (Author), Wei-Hsin Ting (Author), Chi-Yu Huang (Author), Shih-Kang Huang (Author), Chon-In Chan (Author), Bi-Wen Cheng (Author), Chao-Hsu Lin (Author), Yi-Lei Wu (Author), Chen-Mei Hung (Author), Hsin-Jung Li (Author), Chia-Jung Chan (Author), Yann-Jinn Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Graves disease (GD) is the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis in children and adolescents, accounting for 15% of all thyroid diseases during childhood. Anti-thyroid drugs (ATD) are recommended as the first-line treatment in children and adolescents. However, the remission rate is lower...