Asian women are at increased risk of gestational thyrotoxicosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1160-1163

  Price, A ^a   Davies, R ^a   Heller, S R ^a   Milford Ward, A ^a   Weetman, A P ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0029863563     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1160     Document Type: Article

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