Treatment variables as predictors of intellectual outcome in children with congenital hypothyroidism

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-361

  Heyerdahl, Sonja ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age determination by skeleton; Congenital hypothyroidism; Intelligence; Thyrotropin; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029922334     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01955261     Document Type: Article

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