Menstrual disorders and mild thyroid insufficiency: intriguing cases suggesting an association
Stoffer, S.S.
Postgraduate Medicine 72(2): 75
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 6808469 Document Number: 196121
Should patients with menstrual dysfunction but without obvious uterine pathology be considered for thyrotoxin-releasing hormone (TRH) testing? In several cases described here, and apparent relationship between menstrual disturbance and minimal thyroid insufficiency was documented by the patients' dramatic response to treatment with levothyroxine.
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