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1955-1 964 / NOTKUN GEISLAJOÐS
semi ísótópastofu Landspítalans hófst undir hans
handleiðslu.
Ég þakka yfirlæknum á III. deild Landspítalans
og Borgarspítalans fyrir að leyfa aðgang að öllum
gögnum um sjúklingana. Guðjóni Lárussyni þakka
ég aðstoð og upplýsingar, sem hann veitti við gagn-
asöfnunina; enn fremur Theodóri Skúlasyni yfirlækni
fyrir margar ábendingar og áhuga á verkinu. Davíð
Davíðssyni próf. þakka ég margs konar ábendingar,
tillögur og gagnrýni, bæði varðandi vinnuna sjálfa og
undirbúning handritsins. Öll vinnan hefur verið unn-
in í nánu samstarfi við hann. Síðast en ekki sízt, vil ég
þakka öllum sjálfboðaliðunum, sem gengu fúslega til
samstarfs.
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English summary
A brief description of human iodine metabolism is given.
The results of 4hr, 24h,and 48h' thyroid 1-131 uptake and
48h' PBI-131 measurements in 88 (28 males, 60 females)
euthyroid volunteers are presented (Table I, fig. 2 and 3).
The uptake in lcelandic euthyroids is ca. 50% lower than
in euthyroids in Great Britain and U.S.A. (Table II).
A 4h,uptake > 21 % of dose is the best criterion
for hyperthyrodism, but a 48hr uptake < 5% the best
criterion for hypothyroidism. 48h' PBI-131 is of no aid in
diagnosis of hypothyroidism, but of some value in the
diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (> 0.2% dose/1 plasma).
Clinical assessment of 96 patients (10 hypothyr. 49
euthyroid. 37 hyperthyr.) is compared with the assess-
ment based on 1-131 studies (tabl. III & IV, fig. 4,5 and 7).
The results of TSH stimulation test on 1 clin. Euthyroid
with low uptake and 7 hypothyroids (6 primary, 1 sec-
ondary) are presented (fig. 6).
BMR results (normal = 15%) in 56 of these patients
are compared with clinical assessment (table V).
No correlation between 1-131 uptake and BMR was
found in euor hypothyroid, but some correlation was
found in hyperthyroids (r = + 0.53).
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