Low maternal free thyroxine concentrations during early pregnancy are associated with impaired psychomotor development in infancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Pop, Victor J ^a   Kuijpens, Johannes L ^g   Van Baar, Anneloes L ^b   Verkerk, Gerda ^a   Van Son, Maarten M ^c   De Vijlder, Jan J ^d   Vulsma, Thomas ^d   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^d   Drexhage, Hemmo A ^e   Vader, Huib L ^f  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROXINE; ANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0033071741     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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