Combined therapy with L-Thyroxine and L-Tiiodothyronine compared to L-Thyroxine alone in the treatment of primary hypothyroidism

Hormones

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Fadeyev, Valentine V ^a   Morgunova, Tatyana B ^a   Melnichenko, Galina A ^a   Dedov, Ivan I ^a  

^a I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine; Thyroid; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OSTEOCALCIN; THYROTROPIN; AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIPID ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; OSTEOLYSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BONE REMODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE REMODELING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCALCIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREMENOPAUSE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77956270879     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1274     Document Type: Article

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