Establishment of reference intervals of thyrotropin and free thyroid hormones during the first week of life

Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Kawahara, Kiyomi ^a,b   Yokoya, Susumu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FreeT3 (f T3); FreeT4 (f T4); Neonates; Reference interval; TSH

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 22744442233     PISSN: 09185739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.11.1     Document Type: Article

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