Serum thyroid hormones in preterm infants and relationships to indices of severity of intercurrent illness

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1271-1279

  Simpson, Judith ^a   Williams, Fiona L R ^a   Delahunty, Caroline ^a   Van Toor, Hans ^b   Wu, S Y ^c   Ogston, Simon A ^a   Visser, Theo J ^b   Hume, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 15944361888     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-2091     Document Type: Article

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