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Comment
. 2018 Feb;23(1):39-40.
doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110819.

Low-dose levothyroxine did not improve symptoms in asymptomatic older people with subclinical hypothyroidism

Simon H S Pearce  1   2 , Earn H Gan  1   2
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Comment

Low-dose levothyroxine did not improve symptoms in asymptomatic older people with subclinical hypothyroidism

Simon H S Pearce et al. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: thyroid disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SHP received speaker fees from Merck during 2011 and 2012, and received advisory board fees from Shire and Pfizer during 2016 and 2017. EHG has no conflicts.

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