Major genetic influence on the regulation of the pituitary-thyroid axis: A study of healthy Danish Twins

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1181-1187

  Hansen, Pia Skov ^a,b   Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 1642323634     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031641     Document Type: Article

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