Radio-active iodine uptake in vitiligo.
Vitiligo and thyroid disease are commonly associated disorders. Twenty-two clinically euthyroid vitiligo patients were studied for functional assessment of thyroid by radioactive iodine uptake assay. Half of them showed abnormal uptake values at 24 hours. Of these patients, 90% had lower values indicating a tendency towards developing hypothyroid state. Subclinical thyroid dysfunction in vitiligo appears to be an adaptive change.
Kumar
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Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Rohtak, India.
Shankar
V
V
Chaudhary
S
S
Bhatia
K K
KK
Mehta
L K
LK
Arora
N
N
Arora
D R
DR
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes