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

• Autores principales: Ya-Ting Chiang (Autor), Wei-Hsin Ting (Autor), Chi-Yu Huang (Autor), Shih-Kang Huang (Autor), Chon-In Chan (Autor), Bi-Wen Cheng (Autor), Chao-Hsu Lin (Autor), Yi-Lei Wu (Autor), Chen-Mei Hung (Autor), Hsin-Jung Li (Autor), Chia-Jung Chan (Autor), Yann-Jinn Lee (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: 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...