Evaluation of recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone to test thyroid function in dogs suspected of having hypothyroidism

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2012-2016

  Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Sieber Ruchstuhl, Nadja S ^a   Favrot, Claude ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Reusch, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33846024065     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.12.2012     Document Type: Article

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