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CommentaryStuart Chipkin, MD

Stuart Chipkin, MD

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Don’t React to Symptoms in Patients with Subclinical Hypothyroid Disease

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Many years ago, when we were in training, it was commonly taught on rounds that patients with either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism might not have a clear history or clinical signs and symptoms suggesting their underlying condition. Thus, we were taught that one should have a low threshold for ordering thyroid function blood tests. Although the pattern of a low...