Euthyroid sick syndrome: An overview

Thyroid

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-132

  McIver, B ^a   Gorman, C A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0030944473     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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