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VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 531-536Publisher
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1020287430949
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dog; fructosamine; hypothyroidism; levothyroxine; thyroid function
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Serum fructosamine concentrations were measured in 11 untreated hypothyroid dogs with normal serum glucose and serum protein concentrations. The fructosamine level ranged between 276 and 441 mumol/L (median 376 mumol/L; reference range 207-340 mumol/L). Nine of the 11 dogs had fructosamine levels above the reference range. The fructosamine levels decreased significantly during treatment with levothyroxine. It is suggested that serum fructosamine concentrations may be high in hypothyroid dogs because of decelerated protein turnover, independent of the blood glucose concentration.
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