Chronic estradiol exposure modulates thyroid structure and decreases T 4 and T 3 serum levels in middle-aged female rats

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Sosic Jurjevic, Branka ^a   Filipović, Branko ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a   Nestorović, Nataša ^a   Manojlović Stojanoski, Milica ^a   Brkić, Branislava ^b   Sekulić, Milka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Clin Ctr Dr Dragisa Misovic D ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Estradiol treatment; Middle aged female rats, thyroid gland structure and function; Thyroid gland; Thyroid gland structure and function

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL DIPROPIONATE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 12544258591     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083139     Document Type: Article

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