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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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| 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 |