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Last updated: 20 Aug 2020
Published: 20 Aug 2020
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4.1 Therapeutic indications

Recommended clinical indications:

• control of hypothyroidism

• congenital hypothyroidism in infants

• acquired hypothyroidism in children

• juvenile myxoedema.

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