Postpartum thyroiditis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-316

  Stagnaro Green, Alex ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Etiology; Postpartum; Prevalence; Screening; Thyroiditis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IODIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3042663318     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2004.03.008     Document Type: Review

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