Am Fam Physician. 2002;65(12):2436-2438
The article “Treatment of Hypothyroidism” (November 15, 2001, page 1717) contained two errors in the dosage of levothyroxine. On page 1720, in the first sentence of the right-hand column, the dosage of levothyroxine should have been given as 0.075 mg per day. In Figure 1, in the first decision point on the right-hand side of the algorithm, the dosage of levothyroxine should have been 0.075 mg per day.
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