Mitotic counts in rat adenohypophysial thyrotrophs and somatotrophs: Effects of short-term thyroidectomy, thyroxine, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-341

  Quintanar Stephano, Andrés ^a,d   Valverde R, Carlos ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Mitoses; Pituitary; Somatotrophs; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotrophs; TRH

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033502395     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739776     Document Type: Article

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