Psychomotor and audiological assessment of infants born to mothers with subclinical thyroid dysfunction in early pregnancy

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 691-698

  Radetti, G ^a   Gentili, L ^b   Paganini, C ^b   Oberhofer, R ^b   Deluggi, I ^b   Delucca, A ^b  

^a General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evoked potentials, auditory, brain stem; Hearing disorders; Hypothyroidism; Infant; Pregnancy trimester, first; Psychomotor performance; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034569669     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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