Abstract:Objective To investigate the feasibility of hemi-thyroid electrocoagulation in the establishment of a rat model of subclinical hypothyroidism(SCH).Methods Thirty-six young Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups including sham,subclinical hypothyroidism,and clinical hypothyroidism(CH) groups.The rats in SCH group were given hemi-thyroid electriocoagulation,rats in CH group were given total thyroid electrocoagulation,while rats in the sham group only exposed thyroid without electrocoagulation.2 w...