Differential effect of fetal, neonatal and treatment variables on neurodevelopment in infants with congenital hypothyroidism

Hormone Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Alvarez, M ^a   Carvajal, F ^a   Renon A ^a   Perez C ^a   Olivares, A ^a   Rodriguez G ^a   Alvarez, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THYROXINE;

EID: 1542357623     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075192     Document Type: Article

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