Incidence of low free T4 values in premature infants as determined by direct equilibrium dialysis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 640-644

  Rabin, Christopher W ^a   Hopper, Andrew O ^a   Job, Leela ^a   Peverini, Ricardo L ^a   Clark, Susan J ^a   Deming, Douglas D ^a   Nelson, Jerald C ^a   Vyhmeister, Nidia R ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 6444242133     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211109     Document Type: Article

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