Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effect of thyroid hormone replacement on methionine-stimulated homocysteine levels in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
To determine whether treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine would improve homocysteine metabolism. ⋯ In this study, levothyroxine treatment of patients with subclinical hypothyroidism did not alter homocysteine levels in the fasting or post-methionine states.