Patient Context and Thyrotropin Levels Are Important When Considering Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrinology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Endocrinology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Division of Endocrinology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia.

Editorial

Anna M Sawka et al. Thyroid. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;29(10):1359-1363.

doi: 10.1089/thy.2019.0494. Epub 2019 Oct 3.

¹ Division of Endocrinology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Endocrinology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Division of Endocrinology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia.

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