Abstract:
:Reverse triiodothyronine (rT3), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) values were measured by radioimmunoassay in 40 children with congenital hypothyroidism who were being given levothyroxine (0.05-0.35 mg/day) and in 14 normal controls. In 15 of the children with hypothyroidism the treatment, judged by serum T4 and TSH values and thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) test, seemed to be adequate and their mean rT3 value and rT3:T4 ratio were comparable with the controls. The remaining 25 children had a raised serum T4 and a low TSH value. Only 4 (16%) of these children had an abnormally high T3 concentration but the rT3 value was raised in 23 (92%) and their mean rT3 value and rT3:T4 ratio were significantly higher than in the control children. Less than 20% of this 'overtreated' group, however, had clinical hyperthyroidism. We suggest that in patients on T4 replacement treatment the peripheral thyroid homeostatic mechanisms produce larger amounts of rT3, thereby preventing high T3 values where serum T4 values are raised. This may explain why the 'overtreated' children showed no clinical evidence of hyperthyroidism. These findings emphasise the protective and selective role of peripheral monodeiodination.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Desai M,Irani AJ,Patil K,Pandya CSdoi
10.1136/adc.59.1.30subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-01-01 00:00:00pages
30-5issue
1eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
59pub_type
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.62.10.1005
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/adc.88.6.520
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/adc.53.7.545
更新日期:1978-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.62.5.513
更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.62.9.905
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.58.9.692
更新日期:1983-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.61.9.903
更新日期:1986-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-308825
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.75.5.440
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.57.11.867
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-300812
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.87.4.328
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.85.2.91
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.4.557
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.65.11.1259
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.88.9.791
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.76.3.264
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.58.11.921
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.79.5.440
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/adc.2008.147652
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301150
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2014-307234
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305304
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.6.853
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.8.948
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.3.325
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.73.2.151
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.10.773
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.54.7.499
更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00