Screening for thyroid disease in pregnancy: An audit [5]

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 599-600

  Vaidya, B ^a   Bilous, M ^a   Hutchinson, R S ^a   Connolly, V ^a   Jones, S ^a   Kelly, W F ^a   Bilous, R W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GOITER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SCREENING TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0036865148     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-6-599a     Document Type: Letter

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