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The remaining 23 patients (age: 24\u00b12.7, group AH) had hypothyroidism after total thyroidectomy (14 patients previously affected by nodular disease and nine by thyroid carcinoma with clinical and biochemical remission). Patient weight, serum free thyroid hormones, TSH, thyroglobulin (Tg), anti-Tg, and anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies were measured. Required<jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>-T<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>dosage was evaluated. At the time of the observations, all patients presented free thyroid hormones within the normal range and TSH between 0.8 and 2\u200a\u03bcIU\/ml.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients had undetectable Tg and anti-thyroid antibodies. The daily weight-based dosage of the replacement therapy with<jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>-T<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>to reach euthyroidism in patients of group CH was significantly higher than that in those of group AH (2.16\u00b10.36 vs 1.73\u00b10.24\u200a\u03bcg\/kg,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.005). Patients of group CH treated with<jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>-T<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>had significantly higher serum TSH levels than patients of group AH (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.05) as well as higher FT<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>concentrations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>To correct hypothyroidism, patients of group CH required a daily<jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>-T<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>dose\/kg higher than group AH patients, despite higher levels of TSH. 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