Effect of environmental iodine deficiency (EID) on foetal growth in Nigeria

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 535-544

  Das, Santos C ^a   Mohammed, A Z ^a   Al Hassan, S ^a   Otokwula, A A ^b   Isichei, U P ^b  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Foetal growth; Iodine deficiency; Maternal cord serum thyroid parameters

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRENATAL GROWTH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33846497291     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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