The magnitude of increased levothyroxine requirements in hypothyroid pregnant women depends upon the etiology of the hypothyroidism

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-275

  Loh, Jennifer A ^a,b   Wartofsky, Leonard ^a   Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^b   Burman, Kenneth D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249194859     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0413     Document Type: Article

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