Maturation of the Secretion of Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone in the Fetus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 532-536

  Thorpe Beeston, J Guy ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a   Butler, Joan ^b   Mcgregor, Alan M ^c   Felton, Carl V ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Departments of Clinical Biochemistry   (United Kingdom)

^c Departments of Biochemistry Technology and Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; FETUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0026081983     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199102213240805     Document Type: Article

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