ALLMedicine™ Thyroxine Center

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Immunoassays used to measure total and free thyroxine (T4 and FT4) and total and free triiodothyronine (T3 and FT3) can provide inaccurate results due to interference from endogenous autoantibodies. A 74-year-old female treated for hypothyroidism ...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Background: Observational studies suggest an association between thyroid function and risk of dementia, but the causality and direction of these effects are unclear. We aim to test whether genetically predicted variation within the normal range of...

Nov 30th, 2021 - The differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE) is challenging due to similar clinical manifestations and body fluid biochemical profiles. Thyroid hormone levels change in response to lymph...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Early menarche is associated with adverse health outcomes during adolescence as well as breast and other reproductive cancers later in adulthood. However, the causes of early menarche and the pathways through which they operate are not fully under...

Nov 20th, 2021 - The aim of the study is to explore the independent association of free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) with hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance. A cross-sectional study of 88 overweight/obese...

May 16th, 2019 - What are the benefits and harms of thyroid hormones for adults with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH)? This guideline was triggered by a recent systematic review of randomised controlled trials, which could alter practice. Current guidelines tend t...

Dec 4th, 2013 - Goiter, or benign enlargement of the thyroid gland, can be asymptomatic or can cause compression of surrounding structures such as the esophagus and/or trachea. The options for medical treatment of euthyroid goiter are short-lived and are limited ...

Jun 17th, 2011 - The IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests proposes a candidate international conventional reference procedure (RMP) for measurement of the amount-of-substance concentration of free thyroxine in plasma/serum at physiologi...

Oct 20th, 2021 - Hypothyroidism is a common disease that is successfully treated with the replacement of thyroid hormones in the form of levothyroxine. Levothyroxine is drug used in the first line of substitution therapy because it appropriately mimics physiologic...

Oct 14th, 2021 - OBJECTIVES: Primary Compare the percentage of successful remnant ablation at 6-8 months after administration of high- vs low-dose iodine I 131 with vs without recombinant thyroid-stimulating hormone in patients who have undergone total thyroidecto...

Sep 14th, 2021 - This multi-centre study will evaluate the safety and related factors study of atypical antipsychotics long-term treatment in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia. The atypical antipsychotics include quetiapine, olanzapine, risperidone, aripiprazole...

Aug 24th, 2021 - Introduction and rationale Thyroid hormone (TH) is crucial for the development and metabolic state of virtually all tissues. TH signaling is regulated at the tissue level by intracellular conversion of the prohormone thyroxine (T4) to receptor-act...

Aug 16th, 2021 - Thyroid disorders are most commonly concomitant with prematurity and still remains a controversial topic. Preterm infants are susceptible to thyroid disorders due to many reasons including immaturity of hypothalamopituitary-thyroid axis, non-thyro...

Nov 15th, 2021 - Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are common and often the result of thyroid autoimmunity. The widespread availability of serum thyroid antibody laboratory testing may prompt questions from patients and clinicians. What do thyroid antibodies real...

Sep 14th, 2021 - Much like the hand, body, and facial signals used by an orchestra conductor to ensure a great performance by the symphony, hormones are the signals that ensure healthy structure and function of the human body. If the conductor mistimes those signa...

Aug 12th, 2021 - Much can change in a woman's life as she prepares for and lives through pregnancy, including treatment for existing conditions. How is management different for patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis, Graves disease, or thyroid cancer who are pregnant...

Jun 24th, 2021 - Most US prescriptions for the thyroid hormone replacement drug levothyroxine are not appropriate for patients with mild subclinical hypothyroidism, a trend that has remained steady for a decade despite evidence showing no significant benefits for ...

May 24th, 2021 - Transthyretin (TTR) is a transport protein for thyroxine and retinol. It can also be associated with the formation and deposition of amyloid fibril proteins within organs and tissues, especially the nervous system and cardiac tissue, leading to or...