Prevalence of growth hormone deficiency in Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2266-2270

  Eskes, Silvia A ^a   Endert, Erik ^a   Fliers, Eric ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDE; NEUTRAL INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCYL HISTIDYL ARGINYL PROLINE; GLYCYL-HISTIDYL-ARGINYL-PROLINE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77952769472     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2016     Document Type: Article

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