Thyroid function and dysfunction in premature infants

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-328

  Fisher, Delbert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Premature infants; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT MORTALITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONTHYROIDAL ILLNESS SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSIENT HYPOTHYROXINEMIA OF PREMATURITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

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