Serum thyroid hormones in preterm infants: Associations with postnatal illnesses and drug usage

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5954-5963

  Williams, Fiona L R ^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

AMINOPHYLLINE; CAFFEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; IODOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINOPHYLLINE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAFFEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; HEROIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27744512413     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1049     Document Type: Article

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