Increased Need for Thyroxine in Women with Hypothyroidism during Estrogen Therapy
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- 7 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (23) , 1743-1749
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200106073442302
Abstract
Women with hypothyroidism that is being treated with thyroxine often need higher doses when they are pregnant. Whether this need can be attributed solely to estrogen-induced increases in serum thyroxine-binding globulin or whether other factors are involved is not known.Keywords
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