Levels of testosterone, Allopregnanolone nad homocysteine in severe hypothyroidism

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1024-1027

  Bičíková, Marie ^a   Tallová, Jaroslava ^a   Stanická, Soña ^a   Hill, Martin ^a   Vondra, Karel ^a   Hampl, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Euthyroidism; Homocysteine; Hypothyroidism; Testosterone; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; ELTANOLONE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0036432681     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.178     Document Type: Article

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