Altered binding of serum thyroid hormone to thyroxine-binding globulin in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 992-996

  Dominguez, Celia E ^a,b   Laughlin, Gail A ^d   Nelson, Jerald C ^c   Yen, Samuel S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid; Thyroid binding proteins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PREALBUMIN; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE, REVERSE;

EID: 0031437675     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00393-2     Document Type: Article

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