Levothyroxine Treatment Reduces Thyroid Size in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis | Zendy

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Levothyroxine Treatment Reduces Thyroid Size in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Author(s) -

Johan Svensson,

UllaBritt Ericsson,

Paul Nilsson,

Catherine Olsson,

Björn Jonsson,

Bengt Lindberg,

StenA. Ivarsson

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-2400

Subject(s) - levothyroxine , medicine , euthyroid , thyroid , goiter , outpatient clinic , thyroiditis , endocrinology , gastroenterology , thyroglobulin , autoimmune thyroiditis

The use of levothyroxine to reduce thyroid size in pediatric patients with goiter due to chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) remains controversial. In overtly hypothyroid patients, reductions in thyroid volume have been reported, whereas the effect in subclinically hypothyroid and euthyroid patients is less clear.

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