Serial in utero ultrasonographic measurements of the fetal thyroid: A new complementary tool in the management of maternal hyperthyroidism in pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 740-742

  Cohen, Ohad ^a,b   Pinhas Hamiel, Orit ^a,b   Sivan, Eyal ^a,b   Dolitski, Mordechai ^a,b   Lipitz, Shlomo ^a,b   Achiron, Reuwen ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal goiter; Maternal thyrotoxicosis; Prenatal scan

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL THYROTOXICOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTOXICOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0141633914     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.685     Document Type: Article

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