Low thyroid function common in chronic kidney disease
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have mild reductions in thyroid function, or subclinical hypothyroidism—a condition that becomes more common as kidney function declines, according to a study in the September 2008 issue of Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).