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  Vol. 135 No. 2, February 1981 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Hyperthyroidism in children. A reevaluation of treatment

B. A. Buckingham, G. Costin, T. F. Roe, J. J. Weitzman and M. D. Kogut

The results of medical and surgical therapy were determined in 107 hyperthyroid children. After surgery, 85% of patients were rendered free of hyperthyroidism; however, 62% became hypothyroid. After medical treatment, 30% of patients were euthyroid and 2% became hypothyroid. The relapse rate, however, was higher after medical (22%) than after surgical (9%) therapy. Serious drug-related complications (arthritis-, hepatitis-, and collagen disease-like syndromes) occurred in 14% of patients. Complications occurred in 9% of surgically treated patients, but recurrent laryngeal nerve injury or permanent hypoparathyroidism did not occur. In medically treated patients, both a goiter size less than three times normal prior to treatment and a reduction in goiter size to less than two times normal at the completion of therapy correlated with a successful outcome.

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