Maternal thyroid function in multiple pregnancy: The variable thyrotropic activity of human chorionic gonadotropin

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 689-693

  Sakaguchi, Noriko ^a   Yoshimura, M ^a   Nishikawa, M ^a   Yoshikawa, N ^a   Toyoda, N ^a   Yonemoto, T ^a   Ogawa, Y ^a   Tabata, S ^a   Tokoro, T ^a   Fukunaga, S ^a   Sugano, K ^a   Kanzaki, H ^a   Inada, M ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Hyperemesis; Multiple Pregnancy; Thyroid hormone; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032440505     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978959     Document Type: Article

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