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Weight Gain after thyroidectomy

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A useful, but still with incomplete understanding review of thyroid hormone treatment after thyroidectomy and weight gain. There are some useful points about FT3 and the effect of lower FT3 on propensity for weight gain. Open paper.

Folia Medica 63(6):834-8DOI: 10.3897/folmed.63.e59851834

Weight Gain after Treatment of Thyroid Dysfunction and Thyroid Surgery

Antoaneta Argatska1, Boyan Nonchev21 Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2 Clinic of Endocrinology, Kaspela University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Corresponding author: Antoaneta Argatska, Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd., 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria; E-mail: lakalma@abv.bg; Tel.: +359 898 411 049Received:20 Oct 2020

♦♦Published: 31 Dec 2021

Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2021;63(6):834-8. doi: 10.3897/folmed.63.e59851.

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Thank you for posting diogenes.

I have not read it yet but will get a copy to take along to my next appointment.

It could be useful for many on the forum.

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Link : foliamedica.bg/article/59851

Dunno why, but my link disappeared!

If you click on "PDF" just below the banner at the top of the page you can get access to the entire article in pdf format which can be downloaded for posterity if you want.

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