Inertia of endocrine systems due to hormone binding to circulatory proteins

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 430-438

  Kurbel, Sven ^a   Zucić, Damir ^a   Kurbel, Beatrica ^b   Gulam, Danijela ^c   Gmajnić, Rudika ^a   Krajina, Zdenko ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCITRIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRANSCORTIN; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0037372481     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00421-8     Document Type: Review

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