Hypothyroid goitre in a ram: Chemical analysis gives indirect evidence for a structurally altered type of ovine thyroglobulin

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Sipos, W ^a   Miller, I ^a   Fountoulakis, M ^b   Schmoll, F ^a   Patzl, M ^a   Schwendenwein, I ^a   Rapp, E ^a   Taxacher, A ^c   Gemeiner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

THYROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOITER; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GOITER; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 3543126514     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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