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Hox
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10/02/06 - 02:15 AM

Can anyone say what sick thyroid syndrome is? smiling face

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10/02/06 - 02:18 AM

http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:TDfAevQcN5cJ:...

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10/02/06 - 02:23 AM

basically it denotes abnormalities of TFTs in pts under the stress of illness. in such situations, TFTs are not reliable indicators of thyroid dz.

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10/02/06 - 02:29 AM

In the peripheral tissues T4 adopts two paths

Active path i.e T4 -----------(deiodinase) -------------> T3 (active)
Inactive path i.eT4 ---------------(deiodinase) ----------> rT3 (inactive)

Normally T3>> rT3

In chronic debilitating diseases ,due to some unknown reason ,T4, instead of being converted into T3, is converted more into rT3.So functionally it is a "Hypothyroid like state.I.e rT3>>T3

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10/03/06 - 07:09 AM

thanks to you both

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