The clinical spectrum of postpartum thyroid disease

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 429-435

  Lazarus, J H ^a   Hall, R ^a   Othman, S ^a   Parkes, A B ^a   Richards, C J ^b   McCulloch, B ^a   Harris, B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0030004706     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.6.429     Document Type: Article

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