Acidic isoforms of chorionic gonadotrophin in European and Samoan women are associated with hyperemesis gravidarum and may be thyrotrophic

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 619-627

  Jordan, Vanessa ^a   Grebe, Stefan K G ^a,b   Cooke, Russell R ^b   Ford, Henry C ^a   Larsen, Peter D ^a   Stone, Peter R ^a   Salmond, Clare E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; ISOMERISM; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; SAMOA; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032960746     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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