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Article: Thyroxine--a suitable case for treatment.
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- Bandolier
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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One of the most useful developments in laboratory diagnostics in recent years has been the advent of new high-sensitivity assays for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). It is an important test for many aspects of pituitary and thyroid function, but it is becoming much more useful as the sensitive assays can now define a reference (or normal) range of about 0.4 to 4.0 mU/L. Values below normal can now be measured (in some systems down to 0.002 mU/L), whereas previous methods could not discriminate values below normal.
TSH and thyroxine treatment
TSH measurement is useful in measuring whether patients who receive thyroxine for hypothyroidism are getting the ...