Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while ... when the patient's history of having received radioactive iodine is factored into the patient's clinical symptomatology.
Although a number of procedures using radioactive iodine and measuring different ... Radioiodi ne-accu mulating function of human thyroid gland as diagnostic test in clinical medicine.
From the Lahey Clinic; The Baker Memorial Clinic of the New England Deaconess Hospital, and The New England Baptist Hospital. Perkin, H. J. — B.S. Research Fellow in Biochemistry, Lahey Clinic ...
About 60% of iodine is found in the thyroid gland located at the base of the neck. The rest of iodine is found in thyroid hormones in the blood, ovary and muscles. Distribution of iodine in the ...
in preventing salivary gland damage in patients receiving radioactive iodine. If medically possible, the temporary suspension of the use of any anticholinergic medications is also helpful.