Low triiodothyronine concentration in preterm infants and subsequent intelligence quotient (IQ) at 8 year follow up

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7039, 1996, Pages 1132-1133

  Lucas, A ^a   Morley, R ^a   Fewtrell, M S ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0029914552     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7039.1132     Document Type: Article

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