Peterson ME, Gamble, DA: Effect
of nonthyroidal disease on serum thyroxine concentrations in cats: 494 cases (1988).
Not exact matches
Evidence for an inhibitor
of extrathyroidal conversion
of thyroxine to 3,5,3 ′ - triiodothyronine in sera
of patients with
nonthyroidal illnesses.
Peterson ME, Melián C, Nichols CE: Measurement
of serum concentrations
of total and free T4 in hyperthyroid cats and cats with
nonthyroidal disease.
This is called «
nonthyroidal illness syndrome» or «euthyroid sick syndrome,» and has no known relationship to the development
of clinical hypothyroidism in dogs.
Peterson ME, Melián C, Nichols CE: Measurement
of serum concentrations
of free thyroxine, total thyroxine, and total triiodothyronine in cats with hyperthyroidism and cats with
nonthyroidal disease.
Testing
of thyroid function should be postponed until the
nonthyroidal illness is resolved.
With quantitative measurement
of thyroidal 99mTc uptake, there is little to no overlap between dogs with primary hypothyroidism and dogs with
nonthyroidal illness.