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The role of type II deiodinase polymorphisms in clinical management of hypothyroid patients treated with levothyroxine.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 May 2013
Al-azzam S I, Alkhateeb A M, Al-Azzeh O, Alzoubi K H, Khabour O F
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: Several factors can affect achieving the goals with levothyroxine (L-T4) therapy. This study investigates the clinical and biochemical response to L-T4 replacement therapy in hypothyroid patients in correlation with genetic variation in Deiodinase type || (DIO2) gene. DESIGN AND SETTING: This is a cross-sectional correlation study. The setting was the diabetes and endocrinology clinics at 2...
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