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Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_55. Introduction
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., Suite 333, Baltimore, MD, USA
Keywords
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)Thyroxine (T4)Triiodothyronine (T3)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Free thyroxine index (FTI)Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)Lutenizing hormone (LH)Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)Growth hormone (GH)Prolactin (PRL)Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH)Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)C-terminal (CTX)Abbreviations
ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
BMI
Body mass index
CRP
C-reactive protein
CT
Computed tomography
CTX
C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen
ESR
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FSH
Follicle-stimulating hormone
FTI
Free thyroxine index
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