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Euthyroid Sick Syndromes

Medical Definition:	Abnormalities in thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels, often simulating hypothyroidism, in euthyroid patients suffering some other illness, such as diabetes mellitus or liver cirrhosis.
Guide Notes:	abnorm thyroid-related hormone levels "in euthyroid patients suffering from some other illness"; differentiate from THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE SYNDROME where no other dis is present
Also Called:	High T4 Syndrome,Low T3-High T4 Syndrome,Low T3 and T4 Syndrome,Low T3 Syndrome

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