title: Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone in cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: A thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test with serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) assays was performed in 22 euthyroid stroke patients without thyroid disease and the results were compared with those in 17 age-matched euthyroid controls. Basal and maximum TSH levels after TRH injection were significantly lower in the stroke group without elevation of basal serum thyroid hormone levels. There was a tendency towards an inverse relationship between TSH levels and the degree of pareses of the extremities. The test was repeated in 7 stroke patients 3-4 months after the onset of stroke with essentially the same results. The abnormal TSH parameters in stroke patients seem to be the result of the brain lesion per se.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hägg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asplund
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lithner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strand
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Wester
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine