Effect of Levo-Thyroxine Treatment on Weight and Body Mass Index in Children with Acquired Hypothyroidism

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Lomenick, Jefferson P ^a   El Sayyid, Maysa ^b   Smith, W Jackson ^a  

^a Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 37249063713     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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