Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy

Kristian Hillert Winther; Per Cramon; Torquil Watt; Jakob Bue Bjorner; Ola Ekholm; Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen; Mogens Groenvold; Åse Krogh Rasmussen; Laszlo Hegedüs; Steen Joop Bonnema

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156925

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Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy

Kristian Hillert Winther ,

* E-mail: kristian.winther@rsyd.dk

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Per Cramon,

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Torquil Watt,

Affiliations Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jakob Bue Bjorner,

Affiliations Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Optum Insight Inc, Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America
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Ola Ekholm,

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen,

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mogens Groenvold,

Affiliations Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Åse Krogh Rasmussen,

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Laszlo Hegedüs,

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Steen Joop Bonnema

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy

Kristian Hillert Winther,
Per Cramon,
Torquil Watt,
Jakob Bue Bjorner,
Ola Ekholm,
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen,
Mogens Groenvold,
Åse Krogh Rasmussen,
Laszlo Hegedüs,
Steen Joop Bonnema

Published: June 3, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156925

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