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), use of thyroid medications (ATC code H03A or H03B, n = 98) or serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels outside the reference range (0.30-3.59 mU/l, n = 51). Ultimately, 715 subjects, aged between 21 and 81 years, were included in the present analysis
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reference ranges of TSH and FT4 during pregnancy in TPO-Ab negative women excluding women on thyroid hormone medication, using the 2.5th and 97.5th percentile to define the lower and upper limit of normal thyroid function. IH was defined as an FT4
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was 4.0 months. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (i) premenopausal, (ii) free thyroxine ≥ 50 pmol/L (reference range 12–22) and/or total triiodothyronine ≥ 6.0 pmol/L (reference range 1.3–3.1), and (iii) positive thyroid-stimulating hormone
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thyroglobulin (TgAb) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ThermoFisher) and autoantibodies to TSH receptor (TRAb) by Immulite 2000/2000 XPi TSI (Siemens). Normal reference ranges were < 35 KIU/L (TPOAb), < 60 KIU/L (TgAb) and < 0.55 KIU/L (TRAb
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(he had lost 12 kg within 3 months) presenting the following laboratory values: TSH >100 mIU/L (reference range [RR]: 0.35–4.94), free thyroxine (FT4) <5 pmol/L (RR: 9–19), total thyroxine (TT4) 1.8 μg/dL (RR: 4.9–11.7), and total triiodothyronine (TT3
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12 × 7 mm in the oophorectomy bed (shown in Fig. 1 ). She got pregnant at the age of 37, and during pregnancy, Tg increased further to 21.5 ng/mL at the 20th week. TSH was kept <0.1 mUI/L (reference range: 0.30–4.20 mUI/L) during pregnancy in
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. Further analyses included search for a mutation in the TSH-receptor-gene and the TSH-beta-gene, also with negative results [ 7 ]. Plasma TSH in both parents was within the reference range. Fig. 2. a Serial dilution analyses were made with two
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ultrasonography without performing cytological examination at another hospital. The serum concentration of thyroid-stimulating hormone was 2.4 μIU/ml (reference range 0.3-5.0), free thyroxine 0.98 ng/dl (0.70-1.60), and thyroglobulin 80.4 ng/ml (<35
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TSH values, being persistently within the reference range despite use of different TSH assays, made this diagnosis less likely. Antibody interference in thyroid hormone immunoassays may result either from autoantibodies or heterophile antibodies [ 10