Re: DIVIDED DOSE I-131 THYROID TREATMENTS

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

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>Date:         Mon, 4 May 1998 14:50:09 -0400
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>From: "Robert E. Zimmerman" <zimmer@BWH.HARVARD.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: DIVIDED DOSE I-131 THYROID TREATMENTS
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>There is an editorial in the current EJNM (March 1998) that addresses this.
The stunning effect is real and I would judge your proposed treatment
inappropriate.  Editorial by Coakley 25:203-204.
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>In the same issue there is a paper related to this subject.  By Leger et al
EJNM 25:242-246.
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>Both of these papers can be obtained in pdf format at 
>http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00259/tocs/t8025003.htm
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>Bob Z
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>Robert E. Zimmerman
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>Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine
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