Thyrotropin : : Ultrasensitive THS measurement in clinical research and diagnostics / / G. Leb, A. Passath, O. Eber, H. Höfler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences - <1990
• HerausgeberIn: Eber, O.,; Höfler, H.,
• Author: Leb, G.,; Passath, A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: German
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; I. Regulation of TSH-secretion --; Biosynthesis of Thyrotropin releasing hormone /; Hormonal regulation of Thyrotropin gene expression /; Regulation of Thyrotropin secretion and its derangements /; TSH-Release and TSH-synthesis: two different effects of TRH /; Feedback regulation and thyroid status evaluated by an ultrasensitive TSH-IRMA in euthyroidism and borderline hyperthyroidism /; The effect of Metoclopramide on the TSH and PRL response to TRH in patients treated for depression /; Secondary hyperthyroidism associated with pituitary chromophobe adenoma: Study of TSH chemistry and release /; Hyperthyroidism and thyroid hormone resistance /; Comparison of TSH secretory response and plasma TRH levels after intravenous and nasal TRH administration /; Thyrotropin serum concentration as a function of peripheral concentrations of thyroxine, triiodothyronine, reverse triiodothyronine, and thyroliberin /; II. Sensitive methods for the measurements of TSH --; Sensitive immunoassays for the determination of thyrotropin levels in serum /; Studies on different hypersensitive TSH tests /; Clinical comparison of 5 kits for sensitive TSH determination in hyperthyroidism and in non thyroidal illness /; Comparison by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis of three thyrotropin assays in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism /; Comparative evaluation of high sensitivity TSH kits /; Trends in performance of clinical TSH assays as assessed by the United Kingdom EQAS for thyroid related hormones /; III. TSH in non-thyroidal illness --; Thyroidal and extrathyroidal influences on TSH before and after TRH stimulation /; Parameters of thyroid function in patients on hemodialysis /; TSH-Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) in geriatric patients /; Low T3 syndrome and pituitary thyrotrophin function in diabetes mellitus in relation to type of diabetes and metabolic control - a review /; TRH test and diagnostic of undefined secondary amenorrhea /; Value of an immunoradiometric assay for thyrotropin in non-thyroidal illness /; IV. TSH in clinical diagnostics --; Thyrotropin - clinical relevance of sensitive TSH-assays /; TSH response to TRH as a function of basal serum TSH - new aspects in pituitary-thyroid regulation /; Clinical value of blunted TSH-response /; Sensitive TSH test in clinical routine: possibility of prediction of response to TRH from baseline TSH concentrations /; TSH measured with sensitive RIA method in euthyroid goiter patients /; Application of a sensitive immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for TSH in the diagnosis and follow-up thyroid disorders /; Significance of TRH test in strumectomized patients for life-long thyroid hormone treatment /; Diagnostic significance of basal TSH-concentrations (TSH-IRMA) /; Impaired conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine causing elevated concentrations of thyroxine and TSH in an euthyroid patient /; TSH-levels after operation of autonomously functioning thyroid tissue-enucleation versus resection of solitary nodules /; Serum TSH determination by IRMA-mat-TSH assay in patients with functioning thyroid nodules /; High sensitivity TSH in assessing thyroid function of patients /; V. The thyroid TSH receptor and TSH receptor antibodies --; V The thyroid TSH receptor and TSH receptor antibodies /; TSH-receptor antibodies /; TSH-binding analysis and TSH-receptor distribution pattern in thyroid disease /; Clinical significance of antibodies to the TSH-receptor (stimulating and blocking thyroid function) /; Autoantibodies reacting with thyroid plasma membranes in Graves' disease: importance of multiple plasma membrane antigens /; Thyroid growth stimulating immunoglobulins: Clinical significance in euthyroid goitre and relationship to thyrotropin-binding inhibiting antibodies /; Detection of antibodies directed against bovine TSH in patients with and without endocrine ophthalmopathy /; List of contributors --; Authors' index --; Subject index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110867398; 9783110637861
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110867398
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. Leb, A. Passath, O. Eber, H. Höfler.