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previous orbital irradiation or surgery for TED, received i.v. glucocorticoids within 3 months before enrollment, or received treatments for GD other than antithyroid drugs. Patients with autoimmune diseases, immunosuppression, or active infection were also
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proliferation to differentiation in a series of fetal tissues necessary for neonatal survival ( 10 ). The increase of prenatal T3 bioavailability may at least partially mediate the maturation effect of endogenous cortisol and exogenous synthetic glucocorticoids
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who were diagnosed with thyroid disease; (iii) employees who have taken glucocorticoids and amiodarone within the recent month; (iv) employees who refused or did not undergo biochemistry and thyroid function tests; (v) employees who had abnormal TSH
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, however, not investigate the use of other drugs, such as antithyroid drugs, beta-blockers, or glucocorticoids which could have influenced fT4 results as well and should ideally be looked at in future (prospective) studies ( 11 ). We found that an fT4
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identified in order to choose appropriate treatments for GO patients. For active GO patients, glucocorticoids (GCs) or immunosuppressive therapy may be needed, but in case GO is judged to be inactive, chances of a positive response to GCs and
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thyroid diseases, or medication causing thyroid dysfunction (e.g. amiodarone, glucocorticoid, interferon-alpha). Finally, 1480 subjects were enrolled. Figure 1 Study flow chart. AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CAG, coronary angiography; PCI
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to effects from drugs prescribed for other diseases. Concerning hypothyroidism, these drugs include commonly used preparations as antiarrhythmic agents (e.g. amiodarone), psychiatric medication (e.g. lithium) and glucocorticoids as well as advanced