| Literature DB >> 17127148 |
Liese Mebis1, Yves Debaveye, Theo J Visser, Greet Van den Berghe.
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This article reviews the mechanisms behind the observed changes in plasma thyroid hormone levels in the acute phase and the prolonged phase of critical illness. It focuses on the neuroendocrinology of the low triiodothyronine syndrome and on thyroid hormone metabolism by deiodination and transport.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17127148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2006.09.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-8529 Impact factor: 4.741