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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Improvements in Quality of Life and Thyroid Parameters in Hypothyroid Patients on Ethanol-Free Formula of Liquid Levothyroxine Therapy in Comparison to Tablet LT4 Form: An Observational Study.

Katarzyna Bornikowska, Małgorzata Gietka-Czernel, Dorota Raczkiewicz, Piotr Glinicki, Wojciech Zgliczyński

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katarzyna BornikowskaDepartment of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-3810
Małgorzata Gietka-CzernelDepartment of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota RaczkiewiczDepartment of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3517-6711
Piotr GlinickiDepartment of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1685-8541
Wojciech ZgliczyńskiDepartment of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.
Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Levothyroxine (LT4) is a standard therapy in hypothyroidism; however, its bioavailability and therapeutic effects might be affected by many factors. Data shows that therapy with liquid LT4 characterized by quicker pharmacokinetics provides better thyroid hormones control than tablet LT4. We addressed the quality of life (QoL) and efficacy of the new ethanol-free formula of liquid LT4 (Tirosint

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hypothyroidismliquid levothyroxinequality of lifequestionnaire ThyPROplsex hormone binding globulin

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PMID34830515
PMCPMC8624226
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