Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this ...

Although this review deals primarily with the treatment of thyroid cancer ... Tc pertechnetate scan in a young female patient referred for treatment of Graves disease. No uptake was found and ...

Failure to appreciate this effect on these tests of thyroid function may lead to erroneous diagnoses. In the test of red-cell uptake of tri-iodothyronine a known quantity of the radioactive ...