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Assessment of some endocrinal functions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease /

Therese Sobhy Ghatas

Assessment of some endocrinal functions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / تقييم بعض الوظائف الهرمونية فى مرض السدة الرئوية المزمنة Therese Sobhy Ghatas ; Supervised Mayas Mohamed Sheraf Eldin , Tyseer Mohamed Eiada , Amany Atf Elkarim Abozeid - Cairo : Therese Sobhy Ghatas , 2011 - 241 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis

This work to asses some endocrinal changes in COPD . TT4, fT3, fT4, TSH, and insulin levels were normal in all COPD . Despite the TT3 hormone level were normal in all stages of COPD , there is reduction in hormone levels in stage III and stage IV than control subjects . There is also reduction in TT3 / TT4 ratio in severe COPD and there is correlation between TT3 , TT4 ratio Pa02 in stage III and stage IV but no correlation between TT3 / TT4 ratio and Pa o2 in stage I and stage II



COPD Hormones Thyroxine