BMJ  2006;332 (10 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7554.0-d

How to manage thyrotoxicosis

Thyrotoxicosis can readily be diagnosed with serum thyroid function tests in patients with heat intolerance, palpitations, anxiety, fatigue, and weight loss. To formulate a treatment plan, though, the aetiology must be determined, says Pearce on page 1369. This clinical review on thyrotoxicosis revisits how to diagnose the thyroid disease, which occurs in about 2% of women. It looks into the treatment options for the different forms of overt hyperthyroidism with low, normal, and raised radioactive iodine uptake, and discusses whether to treat subclinical thyrotoxicosis.

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Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis

Elizabeth N Pearce
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