Medical hypothesis: Can gonadotropins influence thyroid volume in women with PCOS?

Thyroid Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cakir, Evrim ^a   Sahin, Mustafa ^b   Cakal, Erman ^c   Ozbek, Mustafa ^c   Delibasi, Tuncay ^c  

^a Amasya Sabuncuoglu Serefettin Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Thyroid volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872161512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-5-17     Document Type: Review

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