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  2. Thyroid function tests - Wikipedia

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    The Free Thyroxine Index (FTI or T7) is obtained by multiplying the total T 4 with T 3 uptake. [2] FTI is considered to be a more reliable indicator of thyroid status in the presence of abnormalities in plasma protein binding. [2] This test is rarely used now that reliable free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine assays are routinely available.

  3. Thyroid hormone binding ratio - Wikipedia

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    It is used to calculate free thyroxine index (total T4 x T3 uptake), an estimate of free T4. Free thyroxine index may be calculated with increased diagnostic accuracy using direct TBG measurement when the total hormone concentration is abnormally elevated [1]

  4. Thyroid hormones - Wikipedia

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    Both excess and deficiency of thyroxine can cause disorders. Hyperthyroidism (an example is Graves' disease) is the clinical syndrome caused by an excess of circulating free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, or both. It is a common disorder that affects approximately 2% of women and 0.2% of men.

  5. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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    Hypothyroidism is diagnosed by looking at the free thyroxine (T4) levels in people with elevated TSH levels, and comparing the ratio between them. People with high TSH and low T4 get a diagnosis ...

  6. Thyroxine - Wikipedia

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    Thyroxine, also known as T 4, is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland. It is the primary form of thyroid hormone found in the blood and acts as a prohormone of the more active thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T 3 ). [ 1 ]

  7. Thyroid disease - Wikipedia

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    When circulating in the body, T3 and T4 are bound to transport proteins. Only a small fraction of the circulating thyroid hormones are unbound or free, and thus biologically active. T3 and T4 levels can thus be measured as free T3 and T4, or total T3 and T4, which takes into consideration the free hormones in addition to the protein-bound hormones.

  8. Hypothyroidism - Wikipedia

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    Blood free thyroxine and TSH levels are monitored to help determine whether the dose is adequate. This is done 4–8 weeks after the start of treatment or a change in levothyroxine dose. Once the adequate replacement dose has been established, the tests can be repeated after 6 and then 12 months, unless there is a change in symptoms. [ 8 ]

  9. Thyroid's secretory capacity - Wikipedia

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    Thyroid's secretory capacity (G T, also referred to as thyroid's incretory capacity, maximum thyroid hormone output, T4 output or, if calculated from serum levels of thyrotropin and thyroxine, as SPINA-GT [a]) is the maximum stimulated amount of thyroxine that the thyroid can produce in a given time-unit (e.g. one second).