Transient hypothyroxinemia in preterm infants: The role of cord sera thyroid hormone levels adjusted for prenatal and intrapartum factors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4599-4606

  Williams, Fiona L R ^a   Mires, Gary J ^a   Barnett, Carol ^a   Ogston, Simon A ^a   Van Toor, Hans ^b   Visser, Theo J ^b   Hume, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSIENT HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 23844432213     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0214     Document Type: Article

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