The relation of transient hypothyroxinemia in preterm infants to neurologic development at two years of age

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 821-827

  Reuss, Mary Lynne ^a,b,e   Paneth, Nigel ^c   Pinto Martin, Jennifer A ^d   Lorenz, John M ^c   Susser, Mervyn ^a  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MENTAL RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROXINE;

EID: 0029996289     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199603283341303     Document Type: Article

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