The role of thyroid hormones in prenatal and neonatal neurological development—current perspectives

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 94-106

  Porterfield, Susan P ^a   Hendrich, Chester E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0027446957     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-14-1-94     Document Type: Article

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