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Is there a role for Natural Desiccated Thyroid in the treatment of levothyroxine unresponsive hypothyroidism? Results from a Consecutive Case Series

2021-09-24

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> Some levothyroxine unresponsive individuals with hypothyroidism are prescribed a Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT) preparation such as Armour Thyroid® or ERFA Thyroid®. These contain a mixture of levothyroxine and liothyronine in a fixed ratio. We evaluated the response to NDT in individuals at a single endocrine centre in terms of how the change from levothyroxine to NDT impacted on their l...

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Literature Corpus work: 7c4d2120-f10e-50f9-9ef7-02c24b97a43f
DOI: 10.22541/au.163251250.02145771/v1

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