Neonatal TSH Screening - an instrument of iodine supplementation monitoring in Bulgaria in comparison to Berlin - a preliminary report

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue , 1997, Pages 51-54

  Stoeva, I ^a   Peneva, L ^a   Grigorova, R ^a   Vassileva, B ^a   Brumm, H ^b   Gruters A ^b  

^a University Children's Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berlin; Bulgaria; Iodine deficiency; TSH screening

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

BULGARIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BERLIN; BULGARIA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GOITER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; NEONATAL SCREENING; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030842305     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211933     Document Type: Article

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