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ultrasound, and at least one of the following – thyroid swelling; pain and tenderness of the thyroid gland/lobe; decreased serum level of thyrotropin (TSH); elevated serum level of free thyroxine (free T 4 ) and/or free triiodothyronine (free T 3
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hospital. They were classified into three groups: Group I: Forty patients with overt hypothyroidism (high serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and reduced FT4). Group II: Thirty patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (high serum TSH with normal FT4
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subclinical hypothyroidism ( 5 , 6 ), defined as a mild thyroid underactive condition in which the serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration is raised while the serum thyroid hormone concentrations are normal ( 5 ). On the other hand, recent large
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Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. CH was diagnosed based on the findings of elevated serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and low free thyroxine (FT 4 ) concentrations on
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of DTC consisting of total thyroidectomy followed by radioiodine therapy and TSH-suppressive thyroid hormone therapy; and complete follow-up examination 4–12 months after the standard treatment of DTC, which included the measurement of serum Tg levels
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(normal range: <56.0 pg/mL for male), total testosterone (TT) (normal range: 1.60–7.26 ng/mL for male; <0.73 ng/mL for female), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) (normal range: 0.55–4.78 μIU/mL), and PRL (normal range: 2.5–17.0 ng/mL for male; 1.9–25.0 ng
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, Mercodia, Uppsala, Sweden). Plasma glucose was measured with an enzymatic assay (Cobas modular analyzer, Roche Diagnostics). The HOMA index was calculated according to Matthews et al. ( 15 ). Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was measured with an
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drop Take drug history (glucocorticoids?) Bloods: Sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine Full blood counts TSH, fT 4 (hyperthyroidism can trigger adrenal crisis; acute adrenal insufficiency can increase TSH due to loss of inhibitory control of
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.60 ± 0.18 cm. The mean preoperative TSH level, postoperative Va, and postoperative IAR were 2.01 (1.28, 3.02) mU/L, 1.959 (1.144, 2.889) cm 3 and 27.06 (13.54, 48.83), respectively ( Table 1 ). Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical
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guidelines. In general, treatment is aimed at abolishing complaints related to hypothyroidism, and normalizing plasma thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels ( 1 ). However, it has been shown that health-related quality of life (HRQoL) improves after 6