Karen A Heemstra

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Affiliation: Leiden University Medical Center
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in skeletal muscle: effects of hypothyroidism and fasting
    Karen A Heemstra
    Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, P O Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:2144-50. 2009
  2. ncbi Short-term overt hypothyroidism induces sympathovagal imbalance in thyroidectomized differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 72:417-21. 2010
  3. ncbi Autonomic nervous system function in chronic exogenous subclinical thyrotoxicosis and the effect of restoring euthyroidism
    Carmen F A Eustatia-Rutten
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:2835-41. 2008
  4. ncbi Rituximab in relapsing Graves' disease, a phase II study
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Eur J Endocrinol 159:609-15. 2008
  5. ncbi Quality of life in cured patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
    Hendrieke C Hoftijzer
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:200-3. 2008
  6. ncbi Serum thyroglobulin concentrations predict disease-free remission and death in differentiated thyroid carcinoma
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 66:58-64. 2007

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in skeletal muscle: effects of hypothyroidism and fasting
    Karen A Heemstra
    Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, P O Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:2144-50. 2009
    ..The possible expression of D2 mRNA in skeletal muscle is intriguing because this enzyme could play a role in systemic as well as local T3 production...
  2. ncbi Short-term overt hypothyroidism induces sympathovagal imbalance in thyroidectomized differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 72:417-21. 2010
    ..In hypothyroidism, both increased and decreased sympathetic activity and increased vagal tone have been found...
  3. ncbi Autonomic nervous system function in chronic exogenous subclinical thyrotoxicosis and the effect of restoring euthyroidism
    Carmen F A Eustatia-Rutten
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:2835-41. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Rituximab in relapsing Graves' disease, a phase II study
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Eur J Endocrinol 159:609-15. 2008
    ..We therefore performed a prospective, 26-week phase II study with open-ended observational extension to assess the efficacy of rituximab in patients with recurrent Graves' disease...
  5. ncbi Quality of life in cured patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
    Hendrieke C Hoftijzer
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:200-3. 2008
    ..Previous studies on quality of life in patients with DTC were hampered by small patient numbers or limited quality-of-life parameters or were uncontrolled...
  6. ncbi Serum thyroglobulin concentrations predict disease-free remission and death in differentiated thyroid carcinoma
    Karen A Heemstra
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 66:58-64. 2007
    ..The objective was to investigate the prognostic values of serum Tg for disease-free remission and death, measured at fixed time-points after initial therapy using receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analyses...