Prevalence of gestational thyrotoxicosis in Asian women evaluated in the 8th to 14th weeks of pregnancy: Correlations with total and free beta human chorionic gonadotrophin

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-398

  Yeo, Chin Pin ^a   Khoo, Daphne Hsu Chin ^a   Eng, Peter Hsi Ko ^a   Tan, Hak Koon ^a   Yo, Sui Lan ^a   Jacob, Edward ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0034844455     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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