Perinatal Factors Affecting Thyroid Hormone Status in Extreme Preterm Infants

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 398-402

  Williams, Fiona L R ^a   Hume, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; hypothyroxinemia; perinatal; preterm; thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAPARTUM CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSIENT HYPOTHYROXINEMIA OF PREMATURITY;

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; THYROXINE;

EID: 55449096076     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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