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The Many Faces of Elevated TSH: When to Avoid Thyroid Hormone Therapy in Older Adults

We have previously demonstrated that hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis aging is characterized by several distinct patterns. An elevated thyrotropin (TSH) level (mean 5.6mIU/L) with normal free thyroxine (FT4) was present in 75 BLSA participants with at least 3 visits. Twenty-one percent had an his...

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Autores principales: Mammen, Jennifer, Abbey, Enoch, McGready, John, Ferrucci, Luigi, Simonsick, Eleanor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8680079/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1813