Syndromes of Hormone Resistance on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis (Endocrine Updates)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781402078071
Subjects: Endocrinology; Receptors; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Thyroid hormones; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid; Hormone resistance; Pathophysiology
First sentence: 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T3), the active thyroid hormone (TH) metabolite of thyroxine (T4), affects the differentiation, growth, and cellular metabolism of virtually all tissues (1-3).