title: Radio-active iodine uptake in vitiligo.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Rohtak, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes