An abnormality of thyroid hormone receptor expression may explain abnormal thyrotropin production in thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumors

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Gittoes, N J L ^a,b   McCabe, C J ^a   Verhaeg, J ^a   Sheppard, M C ^a   Franklyn, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0031918340     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.9     Document Type: Article

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