Changes of serum thyroid hormone and plasma catecholamine of 16th and 17th Chinese Expeditioners in Antarctic environment

• Main Authors: Chengli, Xu, Guangjin, Zhu, Quanfu, Xue, Shuyu, Zu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Great Wall Station; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2262/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2262/1/A200302004.pdf

The serum thyroid hormone and plasma catecholamine were examined in 18 male and 2 female members of the Chinese Antarctic Expedition (who spent the 2000 or 2001 austral winter at the Great Wall Station). The changes of serum thyroid hormone i.e. total thyroxine (TT4) and free T4 (FT4), total triodot...