Pilot study on the assessment of the setpoint of the hypothalamus- pituitary-thyroid axis in healthy volunteers

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Benhadi, N ^a   Fliers, E ^a   Visser, T J ^b   Reitsma, J B ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 75149137971     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0655     Document Type: Article

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