Thyroxine replacement treatment: clinical judgment or biochemical control?
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Thyroxine alone or thyroxine plus triiodothyronine replacement therapy for hypothyroidism.
Standard therapy for patients with hypothyroidism is replacement with synthetic thyroxine (T4). However, thyroxine plus triiodothyronine (T3) replacement therapy resulted in marked improvements in several items of the Profile of Mood States and in a few indices of psychometric function and quality of life. The adequacy of thyroxine alone versus thyroxine plus triiodothyronine to treat hypothyro...
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This work was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council, the North of England Cancer Campaign, the Wellcome Trust, the League of Friends of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, the Ernest and Minnie Dawson Cancer Trust, the research committee, Newcastle Area Health Authority (Teaching), and the Welsh Office Scheme for Development of Health and Social Research. We are most grateful to Miss ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6500.970