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What is the definition or description of: radioactive iodine uptake?
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thyroid function: Assesses whether thyroid is over or under active.
Answered 12/8/2012
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Uptake by thyroid: It is a number to rate how your thyroid gland incorporates iodine relative to a dose to help determine if your thyroid gland is functioning properly, compared to know normal uptakes for the nuclear medicine facility.
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