Exaggerated TSH response to TRH ("Sub-Biochemical" hypothyroidism) in prepubertal and adolescent thalassaemic patients with iron overload: Prevalence and 20-year natural history

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 170-173

  de Sanctis, Vincenzo ^a   Tanas, Rita ^a   Gamberini, Maria Rita ^a   Sprocati, Monica ^a   Govoni, Maria Rita ^a   Marsella, Maria ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Liver function; Sub biochemical hypothyroidism; Thalassaemia; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; FERRITIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON OVERLOAD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 58149512142     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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