Kabir A

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Page: 506-507
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Dear Editor:
I read with much interest paper by Mansour- Ghanaei, et al., about T3 level and cirrhosis severity. It provides useful information which consolidates previous evidence in this subject. However, there are some issues which may better clarify some details. I am thinking about why cases with previously known thyroid dysfunction or with clinical findings of thyroid disease have not been included in this study? Maybe they have had HBV or HCV at the time they were under treatment or when they were clinically symptomatic.

REFERENCES

1. Mansour-Ghanaei F, Mehrdad M, Mortazavi S, Joukar F, Khak M, Atrkar-Roushan Z. Decreased serum total T3 level in hepatitis B and C related cirrhosis by severity of liver damage. Ann Hepatol 2012; 11: 667-71.

2. Adler SM, Wartofsky L. The nonthyroidal illness syndrome. Endocrinol Metab Clin N Am 2007; 36: 657-72.