Thyroid-stimulating hormone in adult euthyroid and hypothyroid horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-115

  Breuhaus, Babetta A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Propylthiouracil; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin releasing hormone; Thyroxine, triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0036370991     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb01615.x     Document Type: Article

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