The Use of Radioactive Iodine in the Detection of Thyroid Dysfunction

Abstract

THE increasing use of radioiodine for the evaluation of thyroid function^{1 2 3} prompts the recording of the experience gained with a relatively simple method in 2000 patients. Although a number of procedures using radioactive iodine and measuring different parameters of thyroid function have been described, none of these are free from error or absolutely reliable. The method employed in this study has been widely used and involves measurement of accumulation in the thyroid region in the twenty-four-hour period after the oral administration of a known amount of radioiodine. The routine application of this technic over a four-year period has led to . . .