Treatment for congenital hypothyroidism: Thyroxine alone or thyroxine plus triiodothyronine?

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 1055-1060

  Cassio, Alessandra ^a   Cacciari, Emanuele ^a   Cicognani, Alessandro ^a   Damiani, Grazia ^b   Missiroli, Giuliana ^a   Corbelli, Elena ^a   Balsamo, Antonio ^a   Bal, Milva ^a   Gualandi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Neonatal screening; Thyroid hormone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SIDE EFFECT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0037967164     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.5.1055     Document Type: Article

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