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ea0029p1610 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012

Impaired absorption of thyroxine in occult celiac disease

Virili C. , Santaguida M. , Cellini M. , Gatto I. , Gargiulo P. , Centanni M.

Some case report suggested that increased need for thyroxine may occur in overt celiac disease (CD). However, overt CD (with typical gastrointestinal symptoms) only represents 10 to 20% of cases of CD, being the majority represented by the atypical CD and other occult forms, in which extra intestinal symptoms prevail. Few data on the need for oral T4 in patients with occult CD are available. In this study we analyzed the replacement T4 dose in 68 hypothyr...