Young adults with severe congenital hypothyroidism: Cognitive event related potentials (ERPs) and the significance of an early start of thyroxine treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Oerbeck, Beate ^a,b,d   Reinvang, Ivar ^b,c   Sundet, Kjetil ^b   Heyerdahl, Sonja ^a  

^a Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult; Attention; Auditory ERPs; Congenital hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SIBLING; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846492504     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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