Thyroglobulin in serum as an indicator of iodine status during pregnancy

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Eltom, A ^a   Elnagar, B ^b   Elbagir, M ^a   Gebre Medhin, Mehari ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iodine; Pregnancy; Sudan; Sweden; Thyroglobulin

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN; SWEDEN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0034082591     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510050184985     Document Type: Article

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