Soy formula complicates management of congenital hypothyroidism

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-40

  Conrad, S C ^a,b   Chiu, H ^b   Silverman, B L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOY MILK; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 1642540117     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.009365     Document Type: Review

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