TSH-CHECK-1 test: diagnostic accuracy and potential application to initiating treatment for hypothyroidism in patients on anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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Medecins sans Frontieres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Epicentre, Paris, France; Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.Issue Date
2012-03
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) promotes expression of thyroid hormones which are essential for metabolism, growth, and development. Second-line drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) can cause hypothyroidism by suppressing thyroid hormone synthesis. Therefore, TSH levels are routinely measured in TB patients receiving second-line drugs, and thyroxin treatment is initiated where indicated. However, standard TSH tests are technically demanding for many low-resource settings where TB is prevalent; a simple and inexpensive test is urgently needed.PubMed ID
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