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Relation of kidney function and homocysteine in patients with hypothyroidism

Qingrong Pan, Shuxin Gao, Xia Gao, Ning Yang, Zhi Yao, Yanjin Hu, Li Miao, Zhe Chen, and Guang Wang

Introduction Subclinical hypothyroidism and clinical hypothyroidism, two commonly encountered clinical conditions, can induce various metabolic changes ( 1 ) and increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases ( 2 , 3 ). Recent researches have

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Update on dyslipidemia in hypothyroidism: the mechanism of dyslipidemia in hypothyroidism

Huixing Liu and Daoquan Peng

Introduction Hypothyroidism, including overt and subclinical hypothyroidism is a common disease among people. The former is defined as increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and reduced free peripheral thyroid hormone (TH

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Managing symptoms in hypothyroid patients on adequate levothyroxine: a narrative review

Salman Razvi, Sanaa Mrabeti, and Markus Luster

Introduction Current management guidelines for the management of hypothyroidism focus on the administration of levothyroxine (LT4), with doses titrated to bring thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin, TSH) within a locally-derived reference

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Hypothyroidism, comorbidity and health-related quality of life: a population-based study

Hanneke J C M Wouters, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel, Anneke C Muller Kobold, Thera P Links, Gerwin Huls, and Melanie M van der Klauw

Introduction Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder. Treatment with levothyroxine has been considered the standard of care for patients with established primary hypothyroidism, and its use has been enforced in all international

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C-reactive protein and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels as risk factors for hypothyroidism in patients with subacute thyroiditis

Chenjia Tang, Yanting Dong, Lusi Lu, and Nan Zhang

’s symptoms are relieved ( 8 , 11 ). The incidence of hypothyroidism after treatment is 5–27% ( 12 , 13 ), and the incidence of recurrence ranges from 1.6–20% ( 14 , 15 ). Many scholars have explored the risk factors for recurrence and hypothyroidism in

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Effects of levothyroxine substitution therapy on hunger and food intake in individuals with hypothyroidism

Bjarke R Medici, Birte Nygaard, Jeppe L la Cour, Martin Krakauer, Andreas Brønden, Mette P Sonne, Jens J Holst, Jens F Rehfeld, Tina Vilsbøll, Jens Faber, and Filip K Knop

Introduction Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disease, affecting about 3% of the general population ( 1 ), with levothyroxine substitution therapy being the standard treatment ( 2 , 3 ). Hypothyroidism is associated with increased body

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Subclinical hypothyroidism: to treat or not to treat, that is the question! A systematic review with meta-analysis on lipid profile

Isabel M Abreu, Eva Lau, Bernardo de Sousa Pinto, and Davide Carvalho

Introduction Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is diagnosed biochemically when both serum-free thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) are within the normal range, whereas the serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is elevated ( 1

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Hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism and gastrointestinal cancer risk: a Danish nationwide cohort study

Jakob Kirkegård, Dora Körmendiné Farkas, Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, and Deirdre P Cronin-Fenton

hypothyroidism are defined by an excess or deficiency of T3 and T4, respectively and can affect organ function and increase mortality ( 2 ). Thyroid hormone status affects the growth and homeostasis of gastrointestinal organs through binding to thyroid hormone

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Machine learning identifies baseline clinical features that predict early hypothyroidism in patients with Graves’ disease after radioiodine therapy

Lian Duan, Han-Yu Zhang, Min Lv, Han Zhang, Yao Chen, Ting Wang, Yan Li, Yan Wu, Junfeng Li, and Kefeng Li

hypothyroidism (HT) within 6 months after RAI. Given that patients with post-RAI HT may require lifelong thyroid hormone replacement therapy, it is essential to identify the GD patients with a high risk of early HT before RAI. The pathophysiological mechanisms

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Thyroid autoimmunity and obstetric outcomes in women with recurrent miscarriage: a case–control study

Kusum Lata, Pinaki Dutta, Subbiah Sridhar, Minakshi Rohilla, Anand Srinivasan, G R V Prashad, Viral N Shah, and Anil Bhansali

frequent cause of hypothyroidism in women of reproductive age. The prevalence of hypothyroidism in the general population of reproductive age is ∼2–3% (6, 7) . Overt hypothyroidism is commonly associated with infertility, as thyroid hormones have a direct