TSH enhancement of FT4 to FT3 conversion is age dependent

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-54

  Strich, David ^a,b   Karavani, Gilad ^c   Edri, Shalom ^a   Gillis, David ^c  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979007823     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-16-0007     Document Type: Article

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