Practice question
Question
The most sensitive test among thyroid function test for detecting primary hypothyroidism?
Explanation
Primary hypothyroidism results from thyroid failure reducing T4 T3, removing negative feedback on pituitary. TSH rises earliest and most sensitively even when free T4 still normal, due to log-linear relationship. Thus elevated TSH is earliest marker before total T4 or T3 declines.
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