Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy.

Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy.

BACKGROUND:Hypothyroidism is often diagnosed, and subsequently treated, due to health-related quality of life (HRQL) issues. However, HRQL following treatment has never previously been assessed in longitudinal descriptive studies using validated instruments. OBJECTIVE:To investigate disease-specific...

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Main Authors: Kristian Hillert Winther, Per Cramon, Torquil Watt, Jakob Bue Bjorner, Ola Ekholm, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Mogens Groenvold, Åse Krogh Rasmussen, Laszlo Hegedüs, Steen Joop Bonnema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4892657?pdf=render

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