Levothyroxine replacement doses are affected by gender and weight, but not age

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 821-827

  Devdhar, Madhuri ^a   Drooger, Rebecca ^a   Pehlivanova, Marieta ^b   Singh, Gurdeep ^a   Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 79961197582     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0029     Document Type: Review

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