Thyroxine values from newborn screening of 919 infants born before 29 weeks' gestation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1693-1697

  Reuss, M Lynne ^a,b   Leviton, Alan ^c   Paneth, Nigel ^d   Susser, Mervyn ^e  

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

^b Bellevue Research Foundation   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030725114     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1693     Document Type: Article

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