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Inge Bülow Pedersen1, Peter Laurberg1.
Abstract
We describe a case of biochemical neonatal thyrotoxicosis caused by biotin supplementation. Biotin may interact with thyroid function testing to imitate thyrotoxicosis with low thyroid-stimulating hormone and elevated triiodothyronine and thyroxine levels.Entities:
Keywords: Assay interaction; Biotin; Neonatal hyperthyroidism
Year: 2016 PMID: 27843813 PMCID: PMC5091267 DOI: 10.1159/000448034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Thyroid J ISSN: 2235-0640