A Retrospective Study of Thyroid Hormone in Pediatrics: Relationships with Growth Hormone and Correlation with Effects of Diabetes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

November 2021 in “ World Family Medicine Journal /Middle East Journal of Family Medicine ”

Faisal Mujeb Alshareef, Abdullah Al-Faris, Nouryah Abdulaziz Alhafez, Alanoud Saleh Albulosh, Abdulaziz Mshaal Aljuhni, Khalid Abdulrahman Almahmoud, Majed Abdulaziz Almajdui, Khalid Ebrahim Alswayed, Saad Ibrahim Alghuraybi, Saleh Abdulmoneim Alomary, Abdullah Ahmad Alkhudher, Faisal Turki G Alharbi, Mohammed Almuhanna, Musaad Abdulaziz Alrashod, Khalid Ahmed Aljasser

Studysummary In this study, levothyroxine therapy showed no significant effect on blood sugar level changes in children with growth hormone deficiency in Saudi Arabia. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.

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