Subclinical hypothyroidism or central hypothyroidism—The danger of thyroid function misinterpretation

Correct interpretation of thyroid function tests is critical to providing appropriate care to patients with suspected thyroid disease. It is particularly important to distinguish central hypothyroidism from other types due to the potential of concurrent secondary adrenal insufficiency and thus the n...

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Autores principales: Anyiam, Oluwaseun, Cheung, Billy, Al‐sabbagh, Samer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30349705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1694
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spelling pubmed-61868792018-10-22 Subclinical hypothyroidism or central hypothyroidism—The danger of thyroid function misinterpretation Anyiam, Oluwaseun Cheung, Billy Al‐sabbagh, Samer Clin Case Rep Case Reports Correct interpretation of thyroid function tests is critical to providing appropriate care to patients with suspected thyroid disease. It is particularly important to distinguish central hypothyroidism from other types due to the potential of concurrent secondary adrenal insufficiency and thus the need for immediate steroid replacement prior to commencing thyroxine. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6186879/ /pubmed/30349705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1694 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Subclinical hypothyroidism or central hypothyroidism—The danger of thyroid function misinterpretation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186879/
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