Age and the thyrotropin response to hypothyroxinemia

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3675-3683

  Over, Rebecca ^a,c,d   Mannan, Sonia ^a,e   Nsouli Maktabi, Hala ^b   Burman, Kenneth D ^c   Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

^e Upper Chesapeake Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77955408786     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0281     Document Type: Article

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