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Introduction In recent decades, a new concept has been defined with regard to thyroid hormone (TH) function during early pregnancy: isolated hypothyroxinaemia (IH) ( 1 , 2 ). This refers to the condition of women with low free thyroxin (FT4
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.2-0.5% in pregnancy and which will not be considered further in this guideline. In children the prevalence of SCH is less than 2% [ 5 ]. When considering SCH, it was agreed that the so-called isolated hypothyroxinaemia as a separate entity should also be
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.74 mIU/L and subclinical hyperthyroidism was defined as a serum TSH level <0.06 mIU/L together with a normal FT4 level (10.29–18.02 pmol/L), respectively. Isolated hypothyroxinaemia (IH) was defined as an FT4 level <2.5th percentile (10.29 pmol/L) with
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hypothyroxinaemia, utilizing the more stringent pregnancy value may identify those subjects with a significantly low FT 4 who may exhibit neuropsychological benefit from L -thyroxine replacement. Treatment of isolated hypothyroxinaemia is currently not recommended