Evidence for co-ordinated changes between vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide synthase III immunoreactivity, the functional status of the thyroid follicles, and the microvascular bed during chronic stimulation by low iodine and propylthiouracyl in old mice

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 651-660

  Gérard, Anne Catherine ^a   Xhenseval, Valérie ^a   Colin, Ides M ^a   Many, Marie Christine ^a   Denef, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL FUNCTION; GOITER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0343673829     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420651     Document Type: Article

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