Reduction of mortality rate in premature infants by substitution of thyroid hormones

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 245-253

  Schonberger W ^a   Grimm, W ^a   Emmrich, P ^a   Gempp, W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care; Preterm infants; Prophylactic thyroid hormone substitution; Respiratory distress syndrome; Transient hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

FEMALE; GERMANY, WEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPTICEMIA; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0019419203     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00442098     Document Type: Article

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