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The case for more aggressive screening and treatment of mild thyroid failure
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The case for more aggressive screening and treatment of mild thyroid failure

Alejandro R Ayala and Leonard Wartofsky
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Vol.69(4), pp.313-320
2002-04
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.69.4.313
PMID: 11996201

Abstract

Aged Female Humans Hypothyroidism - prevention & control Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy Risk Factors Thyroid Diseases - diagnosis Thyroid Diseases - drug therapy Thyroid Diseases - physiopathology Thyroid Function Tests Thyroxine - therapeutic use
"Subclinical" (mild) thyroid failure is not benign: it tends to progress to overt thyroid failure and it has adverse clinical effects. We believe it should be screened for more aggressively in the general population, and treated with levothyroxine.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.213 Thyroid Disorders
1.213.168 Hypothyroidism
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
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Clinical Medicine

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