| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - All patients with already established diagnosis of hypothyroidism, thyroid ablation or thyroidectomy, co-existing infections, thyroid or other malignancies, other systemic illnesses like, diabetes mellitus, cardiac, renal and liver failure etc., hyperthyroidism, sub-clinical hypothyroidism, pregnancy and those already on thyroid hormone replacement therapy were excluded from the study.
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