Raised TSH: a diagnostic conundrum!
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Raised serum TSH in hypothyroidism.
It is desirable to detect early hypothyroidism of the mildest degree even before conventional tests of thyroid function become abnormal. Serum TSH levels (normal: undetectable to 4 muU/ml) rise in patients with mild hypothyroidism long before serum T4 and T3 levels fall. In the patient described the serum TSH level was 310 muU/ml, while other tests of thyroid function gave normal results. After...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.31.p380