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within the trimester-specific pregnancy reference range or, when not available, to the following reference range upper limits: first trimester, 2.5 mU/L; second trimester, 3.0 mU/L; third trimester, 3.5 mU/L ( 2 ). The more recent American Thyroid
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participants. Laboratory Measurements Serum free T4 (FT4; reference range 11.0–25.0 pmol/L), total T4 (reference range 58.0–128.0 nmol/L), and total T3 (reference range 1.4–2.5 nmol/L) concentrations were measured by chemoluminescence assays (Vitros ECI
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heterozygotes have been reported to have reduced TSH levels within the reference range. The R75G variant has been reported to be prevalent in individuals of South Asian ethnicity ( 2 ) including Pakistan and India ( 3 ). Clinically, individuals homozygous for
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between 3.5 and 18% (depending on the reference range for serum TSH and the iodine intake of the population), and the main cause is the presence of TAI, most often diagnosed by increased levels of TPO-Abs [ 1 , 3 ]. In a pilot study by Andersen et al
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Introduction Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is a frequent condition defined by serum values of thyrotropin (TSH) above and thyroxine (T4) within the population-based reference ranges[ 1 - 3 ]. It may reflect mild thyroid failure with only
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patients with autoimmune hypothyroidism (defined as any degree of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) above the reference range at two consecutive measurements, with or without associated thyroid hormone levels below the reference range, and TPOAb level
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Inc., Tokyo; reference ranges <2.0 IU/l and <16 IU/ml, respectively). In some patients, autoantibody levels to the thyroid microsomal antigen were measured by means of particle agglutination using commercial kits (Serodia-AMC; Fujirebio Inc., Tokyo
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clinical evidence of Graves orbitopathy. Biochemical tests showed a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) which was fully suppressed with a raised free T3 of 13.0 pmol/L (reference range 3.5–6.5) and free T4 of 27.6 pmol/L (reference range 9
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hyperthyroidism group. The diagnosis of AIT was made in patients with at least one positive thyroid autoantibody, including anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (anti-TPO Ab, reference range: <5.61 IU/mL, Abbott Architect i2000SR using reagents provided by Abbott
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below reference ranges were found in 3.5% (SHIP) to 1.7% (KORA) of the study populations [ 16 ]. Overall, the prevalence of TSH concentrations outside the assay reference ranges was higher in women than men, and this has been observed in most