The clinical experience of interventional embolization in treatment of Graves disease / 介入放射学杂志
Journal of Interventional Radiology
; (12)1992.
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ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the method and result of thyroid artery embolization as a new therapy for Graves disease.Methods Ten patients with Graves disease underwent selective thyroid artery embolization. Totally 25 thyroid arteries were embolized with PVA microspheres. The indications to this therapy were as following Graves disease with recurrent clinical symptoms or with leucopenia during the period of treating with administration of antithyroid drugs or recurrence after subtotal thyroidectomy. Results Serum level of thyroid hormones dropped significantly [median FT 3 from 20.90pmol/L(13.36~50.92pmol/L) to 7.81pmol/L(3.67~35.3pmol/L), median FT 4 from 57.9pmol/L(30.96~57.9pmol/L) to 28.13pmol/L(20.44~39.60pmol/L), ( P
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Chinese
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Journal of Interventional Radiology
Year:
1992
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