Newborn thyrotropin screening confirms iodine deficiency in Latvia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 688-690

  Gyurjyan, R H ^a   Lugovska, R ^b   Vevere, P ^b   van der Haar, F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Neonatal screening; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LATVIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; BLOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RURAL POPULATION; URINE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; LATVIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33744979314     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602364     Document Type: Article

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