Exaggerated TSH responses to TRH in patients with goiter and 'normal' basal TSH levels

Hormone Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Evliyaoǧlu, Olcay ^a   Berberoǧlu, Merih ^a   Öcal, Gönül ^a   Adiyaman, Pelin ^a   Aycan, Zehra ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Goiter; Thyrotropin; Thyrotropin releasing hormone; TSH stimulation test

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 28744449797     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089866     Document Type: Article

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