Effects of increased thyroxine dosage pre-conception on thyroid function during early pregnancy

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 695-700

  Rotondi, Mario ^a   Mazziotti, Gherardo ^a   Sorvillo, Francesca ^a   Piscopo, Marco ^a   Cioffi, Michele ^a   Amato, Giovanni ^a   Carella, Carlo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3',5' TRIIODOTHYRONINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 11844264815     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510695     Document Type: Article

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