Approach to the Patient with Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
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[Iodine-induced subclinical hyperthyroidism in a patient with Hashimoto's disease].
Iodine is a particularly relevant element in thyroid gland physiology. Although healthy follicular cells have several mechanisms which allow them to adapt to marked changes in iodine provision, both iodine deficiency and excess may cause dysfunction in a diseased thyroid gland. A 26-year-old female patient with an unremarkable history attended her family physician reporting fatigue for several ...
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Correspondence: Dr Alper, Orkide Apt D: 9 No 17, Idealtepe/Maltepe, Istanbul/Turkey. Fax: +90 216 4899587, e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. tectable on both initial and repeat tests, although T3 and T4 were not grossly elevated, consistent with the diagnosis of subclinical hyperthyroidism [TSH = 0.02 μU/ml (normal = 0.35–4.94 μU/ml); free T3 = 75 ng/dl (normal = 60–181 ng/dl)...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2472