Abnormal thyroid hormone response to TRH in a case of macro-TSH and the cut-off value for screening cases of inappropriate TSH elevation

K Ohba, M Maekawa, K Iwahara, Y Suzuki… - Endocrine …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… To determine a cut-off value of TSH levels with respect to different FT4 levels, we retrospectively
reviewed concurrent TFT measurements from 8,183 individuals seen at Enshu Hospital …

Is there a need to redefine the upper normal limit of TSH?

G Brabant, P Beck-Peccoz, B Jarzab… - European journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
cut-off TSH levels with respect to evidence-based benefits of a therapeutic intervention. …
–pituitary set-point and these alterations in physiological TSH levels may translate into subtle …

The upper limit of the reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone should not be confused with a cut-off to define subclinical hypothyroidism

A Waise, HC Price - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
elevated serum TSH concentrations in terms of future progression to hypothyroidism, but have
not yet fully elucidated the correlation of modestly elevated TSH levels … of the TSH range, …

A 7‐year experience with low blood TSH cutoff levels for neonatal screening reveals an unsuspected frequency of congenital hypothyroidism (CH)

C Corbetta, G Weber, F Cortinovis… - Clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… These epidemiological and clinical classification are based on the experience with screening
programmes using the primary T4 determination or TSH cutoff values of 20–40 mU/l in the …

The normal TSH reference range: what has changed in the last decade?

B Biondi - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… which high-normal serum TSH levels were associated with an … TSH levels in the upper part
of the reference range than in subjects with TSH levels in the lower part of the reference range

Treating patients not numbers: the benefit and burden of lowering TSH newborn screening cut-offs

H Krude, O Blankenstein - Archives of disease in childhood, 2011 - adc.bmj.com
TSH elevations detected by a lowered TSH cut-off can be caused by different molecular
variations that contribute to higher TSH levels … with elevated TSH levels in the range of 6–83 mU/…

Serum TSH levels as a predictor of malignancy in thyroid nodules: A prospective study

L Golbert, AP de Cristo, CS Faccin, M Farenzena… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… optimal TSH cutoff value for … TSH cutoff value has limited the use of serum TSH levels as a
malignancy predictor. Here, we found the TSH cutoff value (≥2.26 μU/mL) using the best point

High serum TSH level is associated with progression of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma during active surveillance

HI Kim, HW Jang, HS Ahn, S Ahn… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… progression with serum TSH levels during active surveillance has … between serum TSH levels
and PTMC progression. … the optimal cutoff point of serum TSH level by selecting a TW-TSH

[HTML][HTML] Umbilical cord blood TSH levels in term neonates: a screening tool for congenital hypothyroidism

AK Manglik, N Chatterjee, G Ghosh - Indian Pediatr, 2005 - indianpediatrics.net
… We conclude that a cut off value of TSH >20mIU/L is adequate for … cutoff cord blood TSH
value of >20 mIU/ml for purposes of recall for retesting, though from logistic angles a cutoff value

Age‐specific TSH reference ranges have minimal impact on the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction

KM Kahapola‐Arachchige, N Hadlow… - Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
TSH considered the most sensitive marker of thyroid dysfunction.1 TSH levels are subject to
variation from a range … ), higher levels in newborns, reduced levels in early pregnancy and …