Measurement of Serum Free Thyroxine Index May Provide Additional Case Detection Compared to Free Thyroxine in the Diagnosis of Central Hypothyroidism

The diagnosis of central hypothyroidism is often suspected in patients with hypothalamic/pituitary pathology, in the setting of low, normal, or even slightly elevated serum TSH and low free thyroxine (FT4). We present four cases of central hypothyroidism (three had known pituitary pathology) in whom...

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Autores principales: Pantalone, Kevin M., Hatipoglu, Betul, Gupta, Manjula K., Kennedy, Laurence, Hamrahian, Amir H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4686635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/965191

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