The thyroid and early brain development

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Morreale de Escobar, Gabriella ^a,b   Obregón, Maria Jesús ^a   Escobar del Rey, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34249906429     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2007.20.s1.103     Document Type: Article

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