Can extra thyroid hormone stop Graves' disease from coming back?
Administration of thyroxine in treated Graves' disease. Effects on the level of antibodies to thyroid-stimulating hormone receptors and on the risk of recurrence of hyperthyroidism.
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Doctors gave people with an overactive thyroid two different treatments after making their thyroid normal with medicine. One group got extra thyroid hormone pills, the other got dummy pills.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Doctors gave people with an overactive thyroid two different treatments after making their thyroid normal with medicine. One group got extra thyroid hormone pills, the other got dummy pills.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 561 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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Hashizume K, Ichikawa K, Sakurai A, Suzuki S, Takeda T, Kobayashi M, Miyamoto T, Arai M, Nagasawa T