Aetiology of thyroidal dysfunction in murine toxoplasmosis

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Stahl, W ^a   Kaneda, Y ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Pituitary; Pulsatile stimulation; Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH); Thyroxine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031656739     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003035     Document Type: Article

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