Reference range of thyroid hormones in normal Indian school-age children

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Marwaha, R K ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^b   Desai, Ankush ^b   Kanwar, Ratnesh ^a   Grewal, Khushi ^a   Aggarwal, Rashmi ^a   Sastry, Aparna ^a   Singh, Satveer ^a   Ganguly, S K ^a   Mani, Kalaivani ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 39349108560     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03048.x     Document Type: Article

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