A Modest Protective Effect of Thyrotropin against Bone Loss Is Associated with Plasma Triiodothyronine Levels

Tae Hyuk Kim; Ji Young Joung; Mira Kang; Sun Kyu Choi; Kyunga Kim; Ju Young Jang; Yoon Young Cho; Yong-Ki Min; Jae Hoon Chung; Sun Wook Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145292

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A Modest Protective Effect of Thyrotropin against Bone Loss Is Associated with Plasma Triiodothyronine Levels

Tae Hyuk Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tae Hyuk Kim, Ji Young Joung

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ji Young Joung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tae Hyuk Kim, Ji Young Joung

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Mira Kang,

Affiliation Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Sun Kyu Choi,

Affiliation Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kyunga Kim,

Affiliation Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ju Young Jang,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Yoon Young Cho,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Yong-Ki Min,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Jae Hoon Chung,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Sun Wook Kim

* E-mail: swkimmd@skku.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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A Modest Protective Effect of Thyrotropin against Bone Loss Is Associated with Plasma Triiodothyronine Levels

Tae Hyuk Kim,
Ji Young Joung,
Mira Kang,
Sun Kyu Choi,
Kyunga Kim,
Ju Young Jang,
Yoon Young Cho,
Yong-Ki Min,
Jae Hoon Chung,
Sun Wook Kim

Published: December 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145292

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