Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder and the standard treatment is replacement therapy with levothyroxine (LT4). Although many hypothyroid patients improve upon treatment with LT4, a proportion seems to experience residual hypothyroid complaints despite treatment, even when plasma TSH and FT4 are within reference ranges.Methods: Using an on-line survey we investigated i) the health-related quality of life (QoL) (ThyPRO), ii) the acti...