Alejandro R. Ayala, MD Staff investigator, Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Leonard Wartofsky, MD Chairman, Department of Medicine, The Washington Hospital Center,Washington, DC
Address: Leonard Wartofsky, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010-2975
Dr. Wartofsky has indicated receiving grant or research support from Knoll Pharma and Genzyme Corporation, and has acted as a consultant for Knoll Pharma.
ABSTRACT"Subclinical" (mild) thyroid failure is not benign: it tends to progress to overt thyroid failure and it has adverse clinical effects. We believe it should be screened for more aggressively in the general population, and treated with levothyroxine.
