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Trampas en el uso de la concentración de tirotropina como prueba de función tiroidea de primera línea
Lancet (London, England)
|April 11, 2001
Resumen
Las pruebas de función tiroidea que usan solo tirotropina pueden pasar por alto el hipopituitarismo. La combinación de las mediciones de tirotropina y tiroxina en 56.000 pruebas reveló 15 casos insospechados, lo que sugiere que esta condición está subdiagnosticada.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Endocrinología Endocrinología.
- Diagnóstico Clínico El diagnóstico clínico.
Sus antecedentes:
- La tirotropina (TSH) es una prueba primaria de la función tiroidea.
- La TSH sola puede no detectar el hipopituitarismo.
- El diagnóstico de hipopituitarismo requiere una evaluación integral de la tiroides.
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