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SUBMITTER: Celi FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2888764 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Celi Francesco S FS Zemskova Marina M Linderman Joyce D JD Babar Nabeel I NI Skarulis Monica C MC Csako Gyorgy G Wesley Robert R Costello Rene R Penzak Scott R SR Pucino Frank F
Clinical endocrinology 20100501 5
<h4>Context</h4>The substitution of liothyronine (L-T3) for levothyroxine (L-T4) is commonly employed during thyroid hormone (TH) withdrawal in preparation for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions on thyroid cancer patients. Presently, only limited data are available on the L-T3 for L-T4 therapeutic substitution. Objective To characterize the pharmcodynamic equivalence of L-T3 and L-T4.<h4>Design</h4>Randomized, double-blind, cross-over intervention study.<h4>Setting</h4>NIH clinical center. ...[more]