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ea0011p844 | Thyroid | ECE2006

Thyroxine replacement dose in patients with hashimoto disease: a potential role for interleukin-6

Papanas NP , Papazoglou DP , Papatheodorou KP , Papazoglou LP , Exiara TE , Bitsakaki MB , Kotsiou SK , Maltezos EM

Objective: To investigate the potential association between serum inflammatory cytokine levels and thyroxine replacement dose in patients with Hashimoto disease.Patients and methods: The study included 40 patients (12 men) with a mean age of 56.52±6.12 years who had hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto disease. Serum Interleukin-1b (IL-1b), Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, as well as TSH, fT3 and fT<sub...