2007
DOI: 10.1080/09513590701259658
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The usefulness of a thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test in subfertile female patients

Abstract: TRH stimulation testing is not helpful to identify patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and should not be part of initial screening in this group.

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“…Endokrinologikum Ruhr, Ruhr, Germany Sir, We thank Drs Raber and Vierhapper for their interest in our paper published in Gynecological Endocrinology [1]. We are well aware of the work done by these authors in the field and have cited some of their publications in our own paper.…”
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“…Endokrinologikum Ruhr, Ruhr, Germany Sir, We thank Drs Raber and Vierhapper for their interest in our paper published in Gynecological Endocrinology [1]. We are well aware of the work done by these authors in the field and have cited some of their publications in our own paper.…”
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“…Zur weiteren Abklärung von vermuteten subklinischen, latenten oder kompensierten Schilddrüsenfunktionsstörungen wurde lange Zeit der TRH-Test durchgeführt Dieser hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung verloren, seine Sensibilität und Spezifität ist umstritten [8]. Laut der AWMF Leitlinie der Nuklearmedizin ist er nur noch bei Problemfällen in der Schilddrüsendiagnostik indiziert [6].…”
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“…We would like to comment on a recent article published in Gynecological Endocrinology by Ludwig and colleagues [1] and to present our concern over the paper's conclusion. The authors presented thyroid function data of a cohort of 371 subfertile women who were retrospectively selected from their database of patients who underwent thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation testing between 1999 and 2004.…”
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