Maternal thyroxine and 3,5,3'-tri-iodothyronine kinetics in near-term pregnant rats at two different levels of hypothyroidism

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Versloot, P M ^a   Van Der Heide, D ^a   Schroder van Der Elst J P ^a   Boogerd, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031912721     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380113     Document Type: Article

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