THYROID FUNCTION AND STEROID HORMONE EXCRETION

in Journal of Endocrinology
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H. MILLER
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J. A. DURANT
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JOYCE M. COWAN
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J. M. S. KNOTT
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E. S. GARNETT
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SUMMARY

The excretion of steroid hormone metabolites was studied in normal, thyrotoxic and myxoedematous subjects. Corticosteroid excretion was increased in thyrotoxicosis and reduced in myxoedema.

In myxoedema there was also a fall of total androgen excretion due principally to a reduction of the androsterone component.

There was no change in total androgen excretion in thyrotoxic subjects, but there was a fall of aetiocholanolone excretion.

 

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