Diminished and irregular thyrotropin secretion with preserved diurnal rhythm in patients with active acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1945-1950

  Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a   Biermasz, Nienke R ^a   Frolich, Marijke ^a   Keenan, Daniel M ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Romijn, Johannes A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 66749106892     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0174     Document Type: Article

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