Heterogeneity of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: evaluation of colour-flow Doppler sonography in predicting therapeutic response.

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Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) presents a therapeutic challenge because of its resistance to standard antithyroid therapy. In iodine-deplete environments, colour-flow Doppler sonography (CFDS) has allowed distinction between two types of AIT: (i) Type I AIT, associated with increased vascularity (CFDS I-III) and response to thionamide antithyroid drug and (ii) type II AIT, with no/little thyroid vascularity (CFDS 0) and prednisolone responsiveness.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Intern Med J

Title: Internal medicine journal

ISSN: 1444-0903

ISSN (Print): 1444-0903

Publication date (Electronic): September 27 2003

Volume: 33

Issue: 9-10

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[1 ] Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: 463

DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00463.x

PubMed ID: 14511194

SO-VID: 6f7fe311-cdc1-458b-9100-628565dec070

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