Thyroid hormone status in malnourished children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-264

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Nadkarni, Jayashree ^a   Dwivedi, Rashmi ^a  

^a Kamla Nehru Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Goiter; Malnutrition; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 62949198983     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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