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THYROID DESTRUCTION SECONDARY TO<br />
RADIOACTIVE IODINE OR SURGERY<br />
• Patients who have received radioactive iodine<br />
therapy or surgery for treatment of<br />
hyper<strong>thyroid</strong>ism may be left with no<br />
functioning <strong>thyroid</strong> tissue<br />
• If there is no significant activity 6 months after<br />
iodine treatment, it is assumed there will no<br />
longer be adequate functioning <strong>thyroid</strong>. The<br />
result is hyper<strong>thyroid</strong>ism
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