Transient hypothyroidism after withdrawal of thyroxin therapy
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Transient hypothyroidism after withdrawal of thyroxin therapy.
Continued administration of large doses of thyroid may not produce hyperthyroidism in euthyroid individuals. Cessation of prolonged high-dosage thyroid replacement can cause transient clinical and biochemical hypothyroidism owing to pituitary suppression. A case is recorded in which both these phenomena are well demonstrated. This case highlights these basic endocrinological principles.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.51.599.665