potassium perchlorate

potassium perchlorate
potassium perchlorate n a crystalline salt KClO4 that is sometimes used as a thyroid inhibitor

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[USP] a compound, KClO4, that reduces uptake and concentration of iodide, pertechnetate, and other anions by the thyroid and other sites; used in the treatment of iodine-induced hyperthyroidism, as an adjunct to 99mTc in imaging, and in conjunction with 131I sodium iodide in a test of thyroid function.

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