Publications by authors named "Sara Ellegaard Christensen"
The TRH test provides valuable information in the diagnosis of central hypothyroidism in patients with known pituitary disease and low T4 levels.
Sara Ellegaard Christensen Liv Norma Smith Christian Alexander H Rosendal Helga Angela Gulisano Kåre Schmidt Ettrup
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
October 2023
Objective: To evaluate the value of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test in the diagnosis of central hypothyroidism (CH) in patients with pituitary disease.
Methods: Systematic evaluation of 359 TRH tests in patients with pituitary disease including measurements of thyroxine (T4), TBG-corrected T4 (T4), baseline TSH (TSH) and relative or absolute TSH increase (TSH, TSH).
Results: Patients diagnosed with CH (n=39) show comparable TSH (p-value 0.