Table 1.

Demographics of the seven patients with central hypothyroidism.

Patient	Age (years) at		Cause of central hypo	Body weight (kg)	Daily dose (μg/kg bw) of tablet l-T4
	Our observation	Diagnosis of central hypo			Initial	Finala
1, F	48	46	Head trauma	83	1.21	1.51
2, F	57	50	Pituitary microadenoma	64	1.18	1.41
3, F	59	53	Empty sella	76	1.32	1.65
4, F	42	39	Pituitary microadenoma	60	1.50	1.67
5, M	20	16	Empty sella	55	1.18	1.29
6, M	45	44	Head trauma	82	1.22	1.22
7, M	74	69	Empty sella	70	1.43	1.83

^aSwitch to the novel formulations of l-T4 was done at the indicated final dose.