Ken Woeber • UCSF Profiles

Ken Woeber, MD

Title(s)	Professor Emeritus, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	Location Required, #001
Phone	415-885-7574
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Biography

education and training

University of Witwatersrand

M.D.

1957

School of Medicine

awards and honors

UCSF	2006	Master Clinician, Department of Medicine
Shaare Zedek,Medical Center, Israel	1993	Maimonides Award
UCSF	1985	Honorary Alpha Omega Alpha
American Thyroid Association	1974	Van Meter Prize
American Society for Clinical Investigation	1973	Member

Overview

webpage

	Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center
	Profile at endocrine.medicine.ucsf.edu

Bibliographic

selected publications

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Peripheral IV Insulin Infusion Infiltration Presenting as "Insulin Resistance". Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov; 44(11):e1137-e1140. Kim TY, Woeber KA, MacMaster HW, Rushakoff RJ. PMID: 27513542; PMCID: PMC5069075.

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Cri Critical Care
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AN OVERVIEW OF ENDOGENOUS SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM AND CARDIAC DISEASE. Endocr Pract. 2016 12; 22(12):1449-1452. Woeber KA. PMID: 27631669.

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End Endocrinology
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES IN PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER. Endocr Pract. 2016 Sep; 22(9):1132-3. Woeber KA. PMID: 27295018.

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End Endocrinology
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY POSITION STATEMENT ON THYROID DYSFUNCTION CASE FINDING. Endocr Pract. 2016 Feb; 22(2):262-70. Hennessey JV, Garber JR, Woeber KA, Cobin R, Klein I, AACE Thyroid Scientific Committee, American College of Endocrinology (ACE). PMID: 26848631.

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End Endocrinology
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Aggressive case finding: a clinical strategy for the documentation of thyroid dysfunction. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Aug 18; 163(4):311-2. Hennessey JV, Klein I, Woeber KA, Cobin R, Garber JR. PMID: 26280417.

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Int Internal Medicine
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AACE/ACE disease state commentary: molecular diagnostic testing of thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytopathology. Endocr Pract. 2014 Apr; 20(4):360-3. Bernet V, Hupart KH, Parangi S, Woeber KA. PMID: 24727662.

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End Endocrinology
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Recurrent pituitary macroadenoma with increased plasma ACTH precursors that cross-react in a commonly used ACTH immunoassay. Endocr Pract. 2014 Jan; 20(1):94-6. Woeber KA, White A, Kurtz TW. PMID: 24126231.

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End Endocrinology
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In response. Endocr Pract. 2013 Nov-Dec; 19(6):1064-5. Garber JR, Cobin RH, Gharib H, Hennessey JV, Klein I, Mechanick JI, Pessah-Pollack R, Singer PA, Woeber KA, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Hypothyroidism in Adults. PMID: 24422223.

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End Endocrinology
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Acute liver failure with thyrotoxicosis treated with liver transplantation. Endocr Pract. 2013 May-Jun; 19(3):e57-60. Cascino MD, McNabb B, Gardner DG, Woeber KA, Fox AN, Wang B, Fix OK. PMID: 23337142.

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End Endocrinology
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Clinical practice guidelines for hypothyroidism in adults: cosponsored by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American Thyroid Association. Thyroid. 2012 Dec; 22(12):1200-35. Garber JR, Cobin RH, Gharib H, Hennessey JV, Klein I, Mechanick JI, Pessah-Pollack R, Singer PA, Woeber KA, American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists And American Thyroid Association Taskforce On Hypo. PMID: 22954017.

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End Endocrinology
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Clinical practice guidelines for hypothyroidism in adults: cosponsored by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American Thyroid Association. Endocr Pract. 2012 Nov-Dec; 18(6):988-1028. Garber JR, Cobin RH, Gharib H, Hennessey JV, Klein I, Mechanick JI, Pessah-Pollack R, Singer PA, Woeber KA, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Hypo. PMID: 23246686.

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End Endocrinology
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Metastatic papillary thyroid cancer misdiagnosed as non-small [corrected] cell lung cancer. Thyroid. 2011 Mar; 21(3):319-23. Moalem J, Choi DX, Khanafshar E, Ruan DT, Woeber KA, Clark OH, Kebebew E. PMID: 21254936.

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End Endocrinology
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Relationship between thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin in Graves' hyperthyroidism. J Endocrinol Invest. 2011 Mar; 34(3):222-4. Woeber KA. PMID: 20855936.

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End Endocrinology
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Results of rosiglitazone therapy in patients with thyroglobulin-positive and radioiodine-negative advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid. 2009 Sep; 19(9):953-6. Kebebew E, Lindsay S, Clark OH, Woeber KA, Hawkins R, Greenspan FS. PMID: 19678746.

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End Endocrinology
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Graves ophthalmopathy after radiation treatment of thyroid cancer. Endocr Pract. 2008 May-Jun; 14(4):419-21. Woeber KA, Schwartz LK. PMID: 18558592.

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End Endocrinology
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A phase II trial of rosiglitazone in patients with thyroglobulin-positive and radioiodine-negative differentiated thyroid cancer. Surgery. 2006 Dec; 140(6):960-6; discussion 966-7. Kebebew E, Peng M, Reiff E, Treseler P, Woeber KA, Clark OH, Greenspan FS, Lindsay S, Duh QY, Morita E. PMID: 17188145.

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Gen General Surgery
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Triiodothyronine production in Graves' hyperthyroidism. Thyroid. 2006 Jul; 16(7):687-90. Woeber KA. PMID: 16889493.

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End Endocrinology
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Observations concerning the natural history of subclinical hyperthyroidism. Thyroid. 2005 Jul; 15(7):687-91. Woeber KA. PMID: 16053385.

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End Endocrinology
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Extent of disease and practice patterns for medullary thyroid cancer. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jun; 200(6):890-6. Kebebew E, Greenspan FS, Clark OH, Woeber KA, Grunwell J. PMID: 15922202.

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Gen General Surgery Gyn Gynecology Obs Obstetrics
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Treatment outcome and prognostic factors. Cancer. 2005 Apr 01; 103(7):1330-5. Kebebew E, Greenspan FS, Clark OH, Woeber KA, McMillan A. PMID: 15739211.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Evaluation of a "formal" endocrinology curbside consultation service: advice by means of internet, fax, and telephone. Endocr Pract. 2003 Mar-Apr; 9(2):124-7. Rushakoff RJ, Woeber KA. PMID: 12917074.

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End Endocrinology
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Methimazole-induced hepatotoxicity. Endocr Pract. 2002 May-Jun; 8(3):222-4. Woeber KA. PMID: 12467281.

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End Endocrinology
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Levothyroxine therapy and serum free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine concentrations. J Endocrinol Invest. 2002 Feb; 25(2):106-9. Woeber KA. PMID: 11929079.

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End Endocrinology
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Update on the management of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Arch Fam Med. 2000 Aug; 9(8):743-7. Woeber KA. PMID: 10927715.

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Pri Primary Health Care
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Update on the management of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Apr 24; 160(8):1067-71. Woeber KA. PMID: 10789598.

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Int Internal Medicine
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The year in review: the thyroid. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Dec 21; 131(12):959-62. Woeber KA. PMID: 10610648.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Potentiation of warfarin sodium by amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis. West J Med. 1999 Jan; 170(1):49-51. Woeber KA, Warner I. PMID: 9926737; PMCID: PMC1305436.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Subclinical thyroid dysfunction. Arch Intern Med. 1997 May 26; 157(10):1065-8. Woeber KA. PMID: 9164371.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Diagnostic enigmas in thyroid disease. West J Med. 1996 Feb; 164(2):177-9. Woeber KA. PMID: 8775740; PMCID: PMC1303399.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Hyperthyroidism. Ann Intern Med. 1995 Mar 01; 122(5):393-4. Woeber KA. PMID: 7847656.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Thyrotoxicosis and cardiac disease. Heart Dis Stroke. 1993 Sep-Oct; 2(5):415-7. Woeber KA. PMID: 8137044.

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Car Cardiology Pri Primary Health Care Vas Vascular Diseases
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Thyrotoxicosis and the heart. N Engl J Med. 1992 Jul 09; 327(2):94-8. Woeber KA. PMID: 1603141.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism in humans. Thyroid. 1990; 1(1):35-7. Woeber KA. PMID: 2135980.

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End Endocrinology
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Aging and the thyroid. West J Med. 1985 Nov; 143(5):668-9. Woeber KA. PMID: 4082572; PMCID: PMC1306451.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Effect of amiodarone on L-triiodothyronine stimulation of [3H] thymidine incorporation into GH3 cells. J Endocrinol Invest. 1982 May-Jun; 5(3):165-8. Goldfine ID, Maddux B, Woeber KA. PMID: 7108152.

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End Endocrinology
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Thyroid hormone binding in nonthyroid illness. Metabolism. 1981 Apr; 30(4):412-6. Woeber KA, Maddux BA. PMID: 6163064.

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Met Metabolism
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Sulfhydryl group modulation and triiodothyronine generation in the human polymorphonuclear leukocyte. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1980 May; 50(5):972-4. Woeber KA. PMID: 7372782.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism
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L-triiodothyronine and L-reverse-triiodothyronine generation in the human polymorphonuclear leukocyte. J Clin Invest. 1978 Sep; 62(3):577-84. Woeber KA. PMID: 690186; PMCID: PMC371802.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Observations concerning the binding of L-triiodothyronine in the human polymorphonuclear leukocyte. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1977 Jan; 44(1):62-8. Woeber KA. PMID: 188862.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism
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Influence of superoxide dismutase and catalase on the stimulation by phagocytosis of L-thyroxine and L-triiodothyronine deiodination in the human leukocyte. Endocrinology. 1976 Sep; 99(3):887-90. Woeber KA. PMID: 954676.

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End Endocrinology
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A granule-associated L-thyroxine deiodinating system in the human leukocyte. Endocrinology. 1976 Mar; 98(3):802-6. Woeber KA. PMID: 1261501.

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End Endocrinology
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Metabolism of L-thyroxine by phagocytosing peritoneal macrophages. Endocrinology. 1974 Mar; 94(3):920-2. Woeber KA, Doherty GF, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4813688.

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End Endocrinology
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Renal cystic disease. Calif Med. 1973 Nov; 119(5):36-41. Martin DW, Woeber KA. PMID: 4755693; PMCID: PMC1455313.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Metabolism of L-thyroxine by phagocytosing human leukocytes. J Clin Invest. 1973 Aug; 52(8):1796-803. Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4719661; PMCID: PMC302459.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Progressive systemic sclerosis. "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue". Calif Med. 1973 Aug; 119(2):35-42. Martin D, Woeber KA, Smith LH. PMID: 4726949; PMCID: PMC1455107.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Accelerated cellular uptake and metabolism of L-thyroxine during acute Salmonella typhimurium sepsis. J Clin Invest. 1973 Jan; 52(1):78-87. DeRubertis FR, Woeber KA. PMID: 4629910; PMCID: PMC302229.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Stimulation by phagocytosis of the deiodination of L-thyroxine in human leukocytes. Science. 1972 Jun 02; 176(4038):1039-41. Woeber KA, Doherty GF, Ingbar SH. PMID: 5033182.

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Sci Science
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The effect of acute infection with Diplococcus pneumoniae on hepatic mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity. Endocrinology. 1972 May; 90(5):1384-7. DeRubertis FR, Woeber KA. PMID: 4401152.

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End Endocrinology
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Evidence for enhanced cellular uptake and binding of thyroxine in vivo during acute infection with Diplococcus pneumoniae. J Clin Invest. 1972 Apr; 51(4):788-95. DeRubertis FR, Woeber KA. PMID: 5014612; PMCID: PMC302192.

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Med Medicine (General)
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The influence of salicylate on serum TSH concentration in patients with primary hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1972 Feb; 34(2):423-6. Yamamoto T, Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 5059773.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism
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Alterations in thyroid hormone economy during acute infection with Diplococcus pneumoniae in the rhesus monkey. J Clin Invest. 1971 Feb; 50(2):378-87. Woeber KA. PMID: 4395561; PMCID: PMC291934.

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Med Medicine (General)
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The peripheral metabolism of triiodothyronine in normal subjects and in patients with hyperthyroidism. J Clin Invest. 1970 Apr; 49(4):643-9. Woeber KA, Sobel RJ, Ingbar SH, Sterling K. PMID: 5467580; PMCID: PMC322518.

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Med Medicine (General)
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The effects of an acute load of thyroxine on the transport and peripheral metabolism of triiodothyronine in man. J Clin Invest. 1970 Apr; 49(4):650-4. Woeber KA, Hecker E, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4986213; PMCID: PMC322519.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Induction of myxedema by iodide in patients euthyroid after radioiodine or surgical treatment of diffuse toxic goiter. N Engl J Med. 1969 10 09; 281(15):816-21. Braverman LE, Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4980221.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Growth hormone response during sandfly fever. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1968 Aug; 28(8):1220-3. Beisel WR, Woeber KA, Bartelloni PJ, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4970956.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism
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The contribution of thyroxine-binding prealbumin to the binding of thyroxine in human serum, as assessed by immunoadsorption. J Clin Invest. 1968 Jul; 47(7):1710-21. Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4968803; PMCID: PMC297327.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Effect of norethandrolone on the metabolism of 125-I-labeled thyroxine-binding prealbumin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1968 Jun; 28(6):831-5. Braverman LE, Socolow EL, Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 4968525.

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Sugar, fat, and the pill. Ann Intern Med. 1967 Feb; 66(2):446-7. Woeber KA, Arky RA. PMID: 6016557.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Effects of propranolol on the hormonal and metabolic responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. Lancet. 1966 Dec 24; 2(7478):1386-8. Abramson EA, Arky RA, Woeber KA. PMID: 4163545.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Reversal by guanethidine of abnormal oral glucose tolerance in thyrotoxicosis. Lancet. 1966 Apr 23; 1(7443):895-8. Woeber KA, Arky R, Braverman LE. PMID: 4159618.

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Med Medicine (General)
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An unusual case of Cushing's syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1965 Nov 04; 273(19):1018-20. Braverman LE, Woeber KA, Ingbar SH. PMID: 5844230.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Hypoglycaemia as the result of isolated corticotrophin-deficiency. Br Med J. 1965 Oct 09; 2(5466):857-8. Woeber KA, Arky R. PMID: 4283983; PMCID: PMC1846356.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Preparation of I-131-labeled human serum prealbumin and its metabolism in normal and sick patients. J Clin Invest. 1965 Oct; 44(10):1600-9. Socolow EL, Woeber KA, Purdy RH, Holloway MT, Ingbar SH. PMID: 5840530; PMCID: PMC292644.

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Med Medicine (General)
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ANTITHYROID EFFECT OF NONCALORIGENIC CONGENERS OF SALICYLATE, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF SERUM PROTEINS ON THE POTENCY OF ANTITHYROID AGENTS. Endocrinology. 1965 Apr; 76:584-90. WOEBER KA, INGBAR SH. PMID: 14289177.

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End Endocrinology
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OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE THYROXINE-BINDING SITE OF PREALBUMIN IN HUMAN SERUM. Endocrinology. 1964 Dec; 75:917-22. WOEBER KA, INGBAR SH. PMID: 14236101.

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End Endocrinology
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EFFECTS OF SALICYLATE AND ITS NONCALORIGENIC CONGENERS ON THE THYROIDAL RELEASE OF 131-I IN PATIENTS WITH THYROTOXICOSIS. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1964 Nov; 24:1163-8. WOEBER KA, BARAKAT RM, INGBAR SH. PMID: 14230014.

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End Endocrinology Met Metabolism
THE EFFECTS OF NONCALORIGENIC CONGENERS OF SALICYLATE ON THE PERIPHERAL METABOLISM OF THYROXINE. J Clin Invest. 1964 May; 43:931-42. WOEBER KA, INGBAR SH. PMID: 14169522; PMCID: PMC289572.

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Med Medicine (General)
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DIFFUSION OF GASES OUT OF THE DISTAL NEPHRONSEGMENT IN MAN. I. NH3. J Clin Invest. 1963 Nov; 42:1689-704. WOEBER KA, REID EL, KIEM I, HILLS AG. PMID: 14083160; PMCID: PMC289453.

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Med Medicine (General)
Effect of salicylate on the binding of thyroxine by human serum proteins at pH 7.4. Endocrinology. 1963 Jul; 73:118-9. WOEBER KA, INGBAR SH. PMID: 14001449.

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End Endocrinology
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The syndrome of intrathoracic neoplasia with bilateral hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex. Ann Intern Med. 1961 Jun; 54:1295-300. HILLS AG, WOEBER KA. PMID: 13714383.

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Int Internal Medicine
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