Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Mild Hypothyroidism
Yodphat Krausz, MD1,
Nanette Freedman, PhD1,
Hava Lester, PhD1,
J.P. Newman, PhD2,
Gavriel Barkai, MD3,
Moshe Bocher, MD1,
Roland Chisin, MD1 and
Omer Bonne, MD3
1 Department of Medical Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, HadassahHebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2 Department of Neurology, Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, HadassahHebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
3 Department of Psychiatry, HadassahHebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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FIGURE 1. Regions of significantly lower rCBF in mildly hypothyroid patients before treatment than in control subjects. Some clusters are large and extend into many brain regions.
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FIGURE 2. Regions of significantly lower rCBF in mildly hypothyroid patients after treatment than in control subjects.
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