Effect of Levo-Thyroxine Treatment on Weight and Body Mass Index in Children with Acquired Hypothyroidism

Objective To determine whether normalization of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in children with acquired hypothyroidism is associated with a decrease in weight or body mass index (BMI). Study design We retrospectively identified 68 subjects with acquired hypothyroidism who were seen at least once...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of pediatrics 2008, Vol.152 (1), p.96-100
Hauptverfasser:	Lomenick, Jefferson P., MD, El-Sayyid, Maysa, BS, Smith, W. Jackson, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Body Weight - drug effects Child Child, Preschool Endocrinopathies Female General aspects Humans Hypothyroidism - blood Hypothyroidism - drug therapy Hypothyroidism - etiology Hypothyroidism - physiopathology Male Medical sciences Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Obesity - blood Overweight - blood Pediatrics Retrospective Studies Thyroid. Thyroid axis (diseases) Thyrotropin - blood Thyroxine - therapeutic use Weight Loss
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