Prevention Relapse of Graves' Disease by Intrathyroid Injection of Dexamethasone

Summary

Antithyroid drugs are widely used in treatment of Graves' disease (GD), but after therapy withdrawal, relapse rate is very high. The aim this trail is to evaluate the effects of intrathyroid injection of dexamethasone combined with antithyroid drugs on patients with newly diagnosed GD.

Timeline

Start

2004-06

Primary completion

2008-12

Completion

2009-03

Publications

• Mao XM, Li HQ, Li Q, Li DM, Xie XJ, Yin GP, Zhang P, Xu XH, Wu JD, Chen SW, Wang SK. Prevention of relapse of Graves' disease by treatment with an intrathyroid injection of dexamethasone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Dec;94(12):4984-91. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-1252. Epub 2009 Oct 22.

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