Overt and subclinical hypothyroidism: Who to treat and how

Drugs

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-33

  Khandelwal, Deepak ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine sodium; Protirelin; Thyroid dysfunction; Thyroid gland; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin alfa.

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE SODIUM; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID EXTRACT; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAIR LOSS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MYXEDEMA; MYXOEDEMA COMA; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OVERT HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84055190616     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11598070-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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