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ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2004

Juvenile thyrotoxicosis; can we do better?

G Birrell, T Cheetham

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Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  3. Graves' Orbitopathy: Report of 82 cases.La Tunisie medicale · 2021
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  6. A 3-year-old girl with Graves' disease with literature review.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2014
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  7. Hyperthyroidism in childhood: causes, when and how to treat.Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2013
    Review
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  11. Serendipitous identification of Graves' disease in identical twins with polydipsia.Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM · 2010
    Article
  12. Thyrotoxic vomiting: a case report and possible mechanisms.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2010
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G BirrellDepartment of Paediatrics, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
T Cheetham
Royal Victoria Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyrotoxicosis remains a frustrating condition for the young person, family, and health professionals involved. The associated symptoms do not always suggest thyroid disease and patients can be unwell for many months before the diagnosis is made. The antithyroid drug regimen used to treat children and adolescents with thyrotoxicosis varies from one unit to another and yet the potentially life threatening side effects and remission rates post-treatment may be related to the regimen used. Most patients with thyrotoxicosis will need many years of drug therapy if the thyroid gland is not removed surgically or destroyed by radioiodine. Even "definitive" treatment will typically necessitate thyroxine replacement for life.

Indexed as

AdolescentAntithyroid AgentsChildHumansIodine RadioisotopesRecurrenceThyroid CrisisThyroiditis, AutoimmuneThyrotoxicosisTreatment OutcomeAntithyroid AgentsIodine Radioisotopes

Identifiers

PMID15269076
PMCPMC1720046
OpenAlexW2165987123

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