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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
It affects about 5% of the United Kingdom population over 60 years of age. As of 2006, more than 1% of the United Kingdom population were receiving T4 (Thyroxine) replacement therapy for hypothyroidism.[1]
References
- ↑ Grozinsky-Glasberg S, Fraser A, Nahshoni E, Weizman A, Leibovici L (2006). "Thyroxine-triiodothyronine combination therapy versus thyroxine monotherapy for clinical hypothyroidism: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 91 (7): 2592–9. doi:10.1210/jc.2006-0448. PMID 16670166. Unknown parameter
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