Thyroid function in 76 sick preterm infants 30-36 weeks: Results from a longitudinal study

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-244

  Carrascosa, Antonio ^a   Ruiz Cuevas, Pilar ^a   Clemente, María ^a   Salcedo, Salvador ^a   Almar, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypothyroxinemia; Preterm; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

3,3',5' TRIIODOTHYRONINE; DOPAMINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 42449136139     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.3.237     Document Type: Article

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