Thyroid function in short children born small-for-gestational age (SGA) before and during GH treatment

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-322

  De Kort, S W K ^a   Willemsen, R H ^a   Van Der Kaay, D C M ^b   Van Dijk, M ^a   Visser, T J ^c   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Growth Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERM BIRTH; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47549100665     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03195.x     Document Type: Article

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