The influence of hyperthyroidism on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 282-289

  Zahringer S ^a   Tomova, A ^b   Von Werder, K ^c   Brabant, G ^d   Kumanov, P ^b   Schopohl, J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033925560     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7756     Document Type: Article

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