An evaluation of the thyrotrophin-releasing hormone stimulation test in paediatric clinical practice

Hormone Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Crofton, Patricia M ^a   Tepper, Leonie A ^a   Kelnar, Christopher J H ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Hypothalamic pituitary disorders; Reference values; Thyrotropin releasing hormone stimulation test

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; MALE; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE;

EID: 37249000751     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111796     Document Type: Article

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