"Potassium Iodide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inorganic compound that is used as a source of iodine in thyrotoxic crisis and in the preparation of thyrotoxic patients for thyroidectomy. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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D011193
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.475.410.700 D01.745.680
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The Wolff-Chaikoff effect: hypothyroidism due to potassium iodide. Arch Dermatol. 1988 Aug; 124(8):1184-5.