Thyroid Function in Premenstrual Syndrome
- 10 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 317 (24) , 1537-1538
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198712103172411
Abstract
To the Editor: In a letter to the Editor (Dec. 4, 1986, issue),1 Brayshaw and Brayshaw reported the presence of thyroid dysfunction in 94 percent of their sample of women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and the complete relief of premenstrual symptoms in 34 patients treated with levothyroxine. Aside from a number of methodological errors in the Brayshaws' study design, which have been discussed elsewhere,2 the relation between thyroid hypofunction and PMS may not be as clear as the authors have suggested.We reviewed records of indexes of thyroid function in a group of 61 women with prospectively confirmed diagnoses of . . .Keywords
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