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Basal Serum Thyroxine Level should Guide Initial Thyroxine Replacement Dose in Neonates with Congenital Hypothyroidism

OBJECTIVE: Initial high-dose sodium levothyroxine (Na-LT(4)) (10-15 μg/kg/day) replacement for primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is recommended in guidelines. However, high-dose Na-LT(4) risks iatrogenic hyperthyroidism. The aim of this study was to investigate the normalizing effect of varying...

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Autores principales: Günbey, Ceren, Özön, Alev, Gönç, E. Nazlı, Alikaşifoğlu, Ayfer, Karahan, Sevilay, Kandemir, Nurgün
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374096
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2020.0194