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radioiodine uptake

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radioiodine uptake,
uptake of radioiodine from the blood by the thyroid gland. See also radioiodine uptake test.

uptake [up´tāk]
absorption and incorporation of a substance by living tissue.
biologic uptake movement of hazardous substances from the environment into the tissues of plants or animals.
radioactive iodine uptake (radioiodine uptake) uptake of radioiodine from the blood by the thyroid gland; see radioiodine uptake test.
T3 resin uptake (triiodothyronine resin uptake) the uptake of radioactive triiodothyronine at binding sites on resin, contrasted to uptake at sites on thyroxine-binding globulin in the triiodothyronine resin uptake test.


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Postablation radioiodine uptake scans found no evidence of local or systemic disease.
Health effects assessment for environmental perchlorate contamination: the dose-response for inhibition of thyroidal radioiodine uptake in humans.
3] (eg, toxic multinodular goiter, toxic adenoma), where iodide uptake is increased independent of TSH, which is usually suppressed, may also be associated with elevated radioiodine uptake.
 
 
 
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