1 The majority of these cases (72%) concern adenomas that secrete TSH alone, although this secretion is often accompanied by an unbalanced hypersecretion of α-GSU. An elevated serum α-GSU level ...

TSH levels higher than 4.5 mU/L usually indicate an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), and low TSH levels—below 0.4 ...

For more than twenty-five years, TSH methods have been able to detect the TSH elevations that are characteristic of primary hypothyroidism. Modern-day TSH methods however, with their enhanced ...

TSH reference intervals should be established from the 95 % confidence limits of the log-transformed values of at least 120 rigorously screened normal euthyroid volunteers who have: ...

Eun Lee, MD In hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland fails to produce enough of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (also called T4).

Thyroid cancer recurrence risk was not elevated among patients with high-normal vs low-normal exposure to TSH following thyroidectomy.

At the same time, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., affecting nearly half of adults aged 20 and ...