Serum thyroid hormone and thyroid gland weight measurements in protein- energy malnutrition

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 719-724

  Orbak, Zerrin ^a,b   Akin, Yasemin ^a   Varoǧlu, Erhan ^a   Tan, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b No: 3/1 Kahramanlar Apt ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Ratio of thyroid gland weight to body surface area; Serum thyroid hormone level; Thyroid gland weight

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MARASMUS; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT;

EID: 0031722660     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1998.11.6.719     Document Type: Article

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