Thyroid function testing in elephant seals in health and disease

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-640

  Yochem, Pamela K ^a,b   Gulland, Frances M D ^c   Stewart, Brent S ^a   Haulena, Martin ^c   Mazet, Jonna A K ^b   Boyce, Walter M ^b  

^a HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant seal; Hypothyroidism; Sick euthyroid; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine; TSH stimulation test

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; HAIR LOSS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SKIN DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 38949211009     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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