Postpartum thyroid dysfunction: A frequently undiagnosed endocrine disorder

Endocrinologist

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-50

  Smallridge, Robert C ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PROPRANOLOL; PROTIRELIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0030069206     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-199601000-00007     Document Type: Review

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