Editorial: "Homeostasis and Allostasis of Thyroid Function"

Johannes W Dietrich^{1

2

3}, John E M Midgley⁴, Rudolf Hoermann⁵

Affiliations

¹ Medical Department 1, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
² Ruhr Centre of Rare Diseases (CeSER), Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
³ Ruhr Centre of Rare Diseases (CeSER), Witten/Herdecke University, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
⁴ North Lakes Clinical, Ilkley, United Kingdom.
⁵ Private Consultancy, Research and Development, Yandina, QLD, Australia.

Editorial

Johannes W Dietrich et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018.

. 2018 Jun 5:9:287.

doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00287. eCollection 2018.

Johannes W Dietrich^{1

2

3}, John E M Midgley⁴, Rudolf Hoermann⁵

¹ Medical Department 1, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
² Ruhr Centre of Rare Diseases (CeSER), Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
³ Ruhr Centre of Rare Diseases (CeSER), Witten/Herdecke University, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
⁴ North Lakes Clinical, Ilkley, United Kingdom.
⁵ Private Consultancy, Research and Development, Yandina, QLD, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: TACITUS syndrome; allostasis; feedback regulation; homeostasis; hysteresis; syndrome T; thyroid hormones; thyronamines.

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