Journal article
Authors list: NEECK, G; RIEDEL, W
Publication year: 1992
Pages: 1120-1122
Journal: The Journal of Rheumatology
Volume number: 19
Issue number: 7
ISSN: 0315-162X
Publisher: The Journal of Rheumatology
Abstract:
Thyroid function was tested in 13 female patients with primary fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) and 10 healthy age matched controls by intravenous injection of 400-mu-g thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). Basal thyroid hormone levels of both groups were in the normal range. However, patients with primary FS responded with a significantly lower secretion of thyrotropin and thyroid hormones to TRH, within an observation period of 2 h, and reacted with a significantly higher increase of prolactin. Total and free serum calcium and calcitonin levels were significantly lower in patients with primary FS, while both groups exhibited parathyroid hormone levels in the normal range.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: NEECK, G. and RIEDEL, W. (1992) THYROID-FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, The Journal of Rheumatology, 19(7), pp. 1120-1122
APA Citation style: NEECK, G., & RIEDEL, W. (1992). THYROID-FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME. The Journal of Rheumatology. 19(7), 1120-1122.
Keywords
CALCITONIN; FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME; FIBROSITIS; parathyroid hormone; prolactin; TRH; TSH
