Pituitary-thyroid axis in short- and long-term experimental diabetes mellitus

Pituitary-thyroid axis in short- and long-term experimental diabetes mellitus

Short-term experimental diabetes mellitus (DM) produces a significant decrease in serum thyroid hormones, a decreased or normal serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and a reduction in hepatic and renal T4-5'-deiodination. However, little is known about the effects of chronic diabetes mellitu...

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Main Authors: Nascimento-Saba C.C.A., Breitenbach M.M.D., Rosenthal D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1997-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Thyroid
Pituitary
Diabetes mellitus
T4-5'-deiodinase
Serum T4
Serum TSH
Rat
Streptozotocin
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