Hypothyroid Dogs Treated with Intravenous Levothyroxine
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Incidentally elevated thyrotropin in otherwise properly treated hypothyroid patients does not require higher levothyroxine dose.
In 20 properly treated hypothyroid patients with normal thyrotropin (TSH) values during previous observation, TSH was incidentally mildly/moderately elevated (4.5-8.0 mIU/L; normal values 0.4-4.0) on the last follow up. However, they were continuously treated with the same levothyroxine (LT4) dose (mean: 95 μg) and six months later all TSH values normalized. The authors suggest that the physici...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0891-6640,1939-1676
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2006.tb02820.x