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Thyreotropin levels in diabetic patients on metformin treatment

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2012

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Carlo Cappelli, Mario Rotondi, Ilenia Pirola, Barbara Agosti, Annamaria Formenti, Emanuela Zarra, Umberto Valentini, Paola Leporati, Luca Chiovato, Maurizio Castellano
European Journal of Endocrinology

Abstract

These data strengthen the known TSH-lowering effect of metformin in diabetic patients on L-T(4) treatment and shows a significant reduction of TSH also in euthyroid patients with higher baseline TSH levels independently from the presence of AbTPO.

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