Endothelin-1 levels in patients with disorders of the thyroid gland

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-84

  Tilly, N ^a   Schneider, J G ^a   Leidig Bruckner, G ^a   Sommer, U ^a   Kasperk, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Endothelin 1; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC GOITER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0037398620     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39234     Document Type: Article

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