Comparison of thyroid function in pregnant and non-pregnant Asian and western Caucasian women

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 91-98

  Price, Alun ^a   Obel, Owen ^b   Cresswell, Janet ^c   Catch, Ian ^a   Rutter, Sue ^a   Barik, Sukumar ^d   Heller, Simon R ^a   Weetman, Anthony P ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Asian; Caucasian; Ethnic differences; Pregnancy; Thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FERRITIN; IRON; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE AND BONES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0034971854     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00470-3     Document Type: Article

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