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Review
. 2006 Dec;35(4):807-21, x.
doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2006.09.009.

Changes within the thyroid axis during the course of critical illness

Liese Mebis  1 , Yves Debaveye, Theo J Visser, Greet Van den Berghe
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Changes within the thyroid axis during the course of critical illness

Liese Mebis et al. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

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.

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