Physiological and pathological aspects of the effect of human chorionic gonadotropin on the thyroid

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-265

  Hershman, Jerome M ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Hydatidiform mole; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Mutant thyroid stimulating hormone receptor; Pregnancy; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ELECTROLYTE; ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THIAMINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

EID: 3042623791     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2004.03.010     Document Type: Review

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