Endocrine Abstracts

Suppressive therapy with thyroxine is the standard conservative treatment for solitary benign thyroid nodules. However, factors which may influence the response to treatment remains controversal, as well as the risc of thyroxine administration.We prospectively evaluated the effects of twelve months thyroid-stimulating hormone suppression with Levothyroxine (L-T4) in reducing the volume of benign solitary nodules, and the effects of reduced...