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Study about suppressed TSH in Graves' Disease

cd3764
cd3764
Hi folks!

Here's a link to the groundbreaking study that shows how our Graves' antibodies suppress TSH.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12970276

Thyroid-savvy doctors know to ignore TSH in Graves' and instead dose based upon the FreeT4 level.
cd3764
cd3764
Here's a link to a .pdf with the full study:

http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/88/9/4135.full.pdf
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thank you sooo much for this! I am going to print it out and give it to my doctor...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thank you sooo much for this! I am going to print it out and give it to my doctor...
PaminRemission
PaminRemission
Long-term TSH suppression in Graves- hyperthyroidism

http://www.thyroidmanager.org/2007/02/01/long-term-tsh-suppression-in-graves-hyperthyroidism/
PaminRemission
PaminRemission
Approach to a low TSH level: Patience is a virtue

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/11/803.full

Long list of possible causes of a low TSH.