Appropriate dose of levothyroxine replacement therapy for hypothyroid obese patients

BACKGROUND: Athyreotic patients require a daily levothyroxine (LT4) doses of 1.6–1.8 mcg/kg of actual body weight (BW) to achieve normal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Lean body mass (LBM) calculation may be a more accurate determination of LT4 dose in obese patients. Previous studies wer...

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Autores principales: Ratanapornsompong, Ganista, Sriphrapradang, Chutintorn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcte.2021.100264

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcte.2021.100264

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