A Patient Has Low Levels of T3 and T4

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient has low levels of T3 and T4. You test for TSH and find it is elevated. You conclude that

• A) Iodine deficiency is the cause of low T3 and T4 levels
• B) End-organ unresponsiveness to TSH caused the low T3 and T4 levels
• C) The patient has normal hypothalamic-pituitary function
• D) The thyroid gland can’t concentrate iodine
• E) The problem lies in organification of the thyroglobulin

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