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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Spectrum of Disease | *Spectrum of Disease | ||
**Myxedema coma << hypothyroid < euthyroid > hyperthyroid >> thyroid storm | **[[Myxedema coma]] << [[hypothyroid]] < euthyroid > [[hyperthyroid]] >> [[thyroid storm]] | ||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 20 January 2015
Background
- Spectrum of Disease
- Myxedema coma << hypothyroid < euthyroid > hyperthyroid >> thyroid storm
Other
- Cretinism - no congenital t3/t4
- Parafollicular C cells make calcitonin to keep the bone in
- Endemic goiter- if pt from area c low iodine I intake
- Free t3 & t4 determines thyroid state - not total plasma conc
- T4-> T3 active & rt3 inactive
- TRH -> TSH -> T4 -> T3