Editorial: Thyroid function and aging: Do serum 3,5,3′- triiodothyronine and thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations give the Janus response?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6735-6737

  Mariotti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BONE MINERAL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; BLOOD; LITERATURE; NOTE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND;

AGING; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MYTHOLOGY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 28744454600     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2214     Document Type: Editorial

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