Undetectable levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, nitric oxide and inadequate expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in congenital hypothyroidism

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Rodriguez Arnao M D ^b   Rodriguez Sanchez A ^b   Rodriguez Arnao J ^b   Dulin Iniguez E ^a   Bellon Cano J M ^a   Muñoz Fernández, M Angeles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Inmunología ^*

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; iNOS; NO; TNF

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 17544399333     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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