Thyrotropin secretion profiles are not different in men and women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3964-3967

  Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a   Pereira, Alberto M ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Adriaanse, Ria ^b   Endert, Erik ^b   Fliers, Eric ^b   Romijn, Johannes A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

EID: 70349897673     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1155     Document Type: Article

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