Assessment of thyroid function during pregnancy: First-trimester (weeks 9-13) reference intervals derived from Western Australian women

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Gilbert, Rhonda M ^a,b   Hadlow, Narelle C ^c   Walsh, John P ^a,d   Fletcher, Stephen J ^b   Brown, Suzanne J ^a   Stuckey, Bronwyn G ^a,d,e   Lim, Ee Mun ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Keogh Institute for Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53349119339     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02015.x     Document Type: Article

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