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Table 1.

Noncongenital Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism in Great Apes and Rhesus Monkeys and Congenital Hypothyroidism in Rhesus Monkeys

	n	Hypo/hyper	Sex	Age (years)	Diagnosis	Treatment	References
Noncongenital thyroid dysfunction
Great apes
Gorillas	1	Hyper	M	34		Faviston+T4, MMI+T4	(36)
	1	Hypo	F	26	Primary hypo	T4	(31,32)
Chimpanzees	1	Hypo	F	16	Primary hypo		(33)
Orangutans	2	Hypo	F	30	Ab neg^a	T4	(34,35)
Lower Primates
Rhesus monkeys	2	Hyper	1F, 1M	31^b	Multinodular goiter	Lobectomy; tapazole (F)	(37)
Congenital thyroid dysfunction
Rhesus monkeys		Hypo (comp)		Newborn	Congenital goiter	None	(38)

^{^a}

Negative for antibodies to thyroglobulin of thyroid microsomes.

^{^b}

Geriatric Rhesus monkeys.

n, number of animals; Hypo, hypothyroidism; Hyper, hyperthyroidism; MMI, methimazole; T4, thyroxine; M, male; F, female; comp, compensated.

Sources: Refs. (31–38).