2017-06-29
Subclinical hypothyroidism
Publication
Publication
New England Journal of Medicine , Volume 376 - Issue 26 p. 2556- 2565
A 71-year-old woman reports fatigue and mild depression. She has hypertension and had a myocardial infarction 4 years ago. She has a family history of autoimmune thyroid disease. The physical examination is unremarkable. No thyroid enlargement is present. Laboratory results include normal levels of hemoglobin, creatinine, and calcium and a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The thyrotropin level is 6.9 mIU per liter (reference range, 0.4 to 4.3), whereas the free thyroxine (T4) level is normal (19 pmol per liter; reference range, 11 to 25). How should she be further evaluated and her symptoms managed?.
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doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp1611144, hdl.handle.net/1765/108384 | |
New England Journal of Medicine | |
Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
Peeters, R. (2017). Subclinical hypothyroidism. New England Journal of Medicine, 376(26), 2556–2565. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1611144 |