Neonatal thyroxine supplementation for transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity: Beneficial or detrimental?

Treatments in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 335-346

  La Gamma, Edmund F ^a   Van Wassenaer, Aleid G ^b   Golombek, Sergio G ^a   De Escobar, Gabriella Morreale ^c   Kok, Joke H ^b   Quero, Jose ^d   Ares, Susana ^d   Paneth, Nigel ^e   Fisher, Delbert ^f  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PLACEBO; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEIODINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SULFATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; NEWBORN SCREENING; THYROID DISEASES;

HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL SCREENING; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33751238769     PISSN: 11756349     EISSN: 11756349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00024677-200605060-00002     Document Type: Review

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